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By: Maris Väli-Täht From: Tartu BT Park Tartu BT Park, in cooperation with the Association of the Municipalities in Tartu County and the Estonian Academy of Life Sciences, have jointly created a school meals program “Making School Community Food-wise” that focuses on both improving children’s food education and reducing food waste in schools. The program […]

By: Andrea Adelmo Della Penna From: WIISE The revision and amendment of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD)was finally published in the Official Gazette of the European Union on September 26th, 2025. Directive (EU) 2025/1892 will amend Directive 2008/98/EC introducing new provisions on food waste. Such provisions have been adopted after the agreement between the European Parliament and

By: Gabriella Szurovecz From: VIMOSZ Food waste is a growing global concern, raising significant ethical, economic, and environmental problems. Every day, large amounts of edible food are thrown away, while many people struggle to afford quality products due to rising prices. In recent years, several digital solutions have emerged that aim to reduce food waste.

Written by: Andrea Adelmo Della Penna From: WIISE Aqua De Mâ is an Italian company operating in the aquaculture sector, being the main species farmed sea bream and sea bass. This company hosted the testing of one of the tools developed in WASTELESS for measuring and monitoring Food Loss and Waste, the blockchain-based electronic registry developed by

By Luminita Ciolacu and Sofia Reis From: ISEKI-Food Association The Sustainable Food Systems Innovation (SFSI) platform recently hosted its first online member’s event, offering a dynamic look into the future of knowledge sharing platforms at European level. If you missed the live session, the full recording is now available to watch — and it’s well

Written by Atilla Kunszabó From University Veterinary Medicine Budapest (UVMB) On 14 May, the WASTELESS project brought together more than 60 participants for a public event focused on the value proposition, technology adoption, and implementation of innovative tools for food loss and waste measurement. Attendees represented a diverse range of professional organizations, including research institutions,

Written by: Clara Olave Sobrón From: CNTA Last year, the WASTELESS project focused on testing innovative tools and methodologies developed designed to tackle key challenges in the food industry. In previous articles, we explored, how Apincampo implemented tools to measure food loss and waste in their farm, how Salumificio Mottolini Srl applied blockchain technology within

Written by: Andrea Adelmo Della Penna From: WIISE The WASTELESS case studies are over, but we would like to present the opinions of some of the companies that participated in the testing of the digital tools and innovative methodologies developed by the project to measure and monitor the generation of food waste throughout the supply

Written by: Tamás Szallabek From: VIMOSZ Last year VIMOSZ spent most of its time testing the WASTELESS tools and methodologies in different environments along the food supply chain. Previously we wrote about our work in the food industry sector testing the WASTELESS Blockchain technology in Italy. In the following article in the series VIMOSZ’s experience will be

December 11th, 2024 Summary by: Carole Liechti and Jeanine Ammann From: Agroscope In 2022, around 1.05 billion tons of food were wasted globally at consumer level, despite the fact that food waste is preventable (United Nations Environment Programme, 2024). Therefore, it is crucial to implement effective measures to tackle food waste at the consumer level and