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Dutch National Food Waste-Free Week

  • Uploaded on Monday 11 of December 2023
  • Author(s) Toine Timmermans

Millions of Dutch consumers took action against food waste, during the national Food Waste-Free Week, from 11 to 17 September 2023. This campaign, organized by the foundation Food Waste Free United (Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling), The Netherlands Nutrition Centre (Voedingscentrum) and more than 160 partners inspired people to not waste food for a week. This video shows an overview of the many initiatives and media coverage throughout the country. https://youtu.be/4huTGz0wEqU?si=5GFEUf5KLiCFJK_r (only Dutch)

Name of organisation : Wageningen University & Research

Contact email: backoffice.wfbr@wur.nl

Further information: https://youtu.be/4huTGz0wEqU?si=5GFEUf5KLiCFJK_r

Date of publication: 2023-09-11

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