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Preventing waste in Europe - progress and challenges with a focus on food waste

Uploaded on Wednesday 23 of April 2025
Author(s) European Environment Agency with special thanks to: Nora Brüggemann (CSCP Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production), Elisabeth Pernmyr (IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute), Jurate Miliute-Plepiene (IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute), Dirk Nelen (VITO Flemish Institute for Technological Research), Patrycja Slotte (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), and Rosalyn Old (CSCP Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production) for their significant contributions.

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This EEA report evaluates EU progress on waste prevention, focusing on food waste. It highlights trends, challenges, and best practices while emphasizing the need for stronger policies, the importance of data for evidence based actions to improve waste prevention efforts and support circular economy goals.

Name of organisation : European Environment Agency

Contact email: sanna.due@eea.europa.eu

Further information: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/preventing-waste-in-europe-progress-and-challenges-with-a-focus-on-food-waste

Date of publication: 2025-03-31

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