FoodWIN is very proud to announce the winners of the Food Waste Awards 2020 in Belgium.

The Award for Changemakers goes to Buurtfruit (Fruit in the neighbourhood) in the city of Ghent: multiple city actors developed a digital map with public and semi-public locations where local residents can pick fruit in Ghent, for free!

The school canteen of Go! Atheneum De Tandem in Eeklo won the Award for Canteens. The pupils took measures in their own hands and achieved a reduction in food waste with 1800 kg, from 42% to 29%.

The Award for Multi-sectoral Collaboration went to the chicory croquettes (witloofkroketten) by Cools & Gastronello, a collaboration between the agricultural and processing sector, with a method that is promising for other side streams of the food industry.

Although the live award ceremony had to be suspended, the winners deserve their place in the spotlight!

The Food Waste Awards rewards initiatives that reduce food waste in creative, inventive and efficient ways. The Awards are part of the Food Waste Fest 2.020, an exciting day dedicated to solutions against food waste. The Food Waste Fest is postponed to December 2020, more information on www.foodwastefest.com

Find out more about the winning initiatives here.

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