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Sustainable Growth is the key theme in Anuga 2023 By: Tamás Szallabek From: VIMOSZ (Hungarian Hospitality Employers’ Association) The global food industry is facing major challenges: With a growing population of around 10 billion people by 2050, there is also rising demand for foodstuffs. At the same time, the threat of global climate change, water […]

International Food Waste Coalition publishes food waste measurements and reporting methodology By: Berta Redondo From: Europatat (European Potato Trade Association) The International Food Waste Coalition (IFWC) has published its Food service report 2023, which presents food waste data gathered from IFWC member sites across the European hospitality and food service sectors in 2022. During the

Consequences of food waste By: Angelika Mantur-Vierendeel From: EuroFIR (European Food Information Resource) Food waste has emerged as a pressing global issue with significant consequences that span various sectors, impacting the economy, the environment, and social aspects. Repercussions of food waste extend far beyond mere disposal of food scraps. In fact, it touches the very

EU Sustainable Food System Innovation Platform By: Dario Dongo – Andrea Adelmo Della Penna  07/07/2023 From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) Original article The synergy between different research projects, in the framework programmes Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, made it possible to establish the Sustainable Food System Innovation Platform. With the aim of sharing the innovations developed both in the context

Food loss and waste, proposal for revision of the framework directive on waste in the EU By: Dario Dongo – Andrea Adelmo Della Penna  06/07/2023 From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) Original article On 5 July 2023, the European Commission adopted the proposal for the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, which includes, inter alia, new

EU Commission publishes legally binding food waste reduction targets for 2030 By: Berta Redondo From: Europatat (European Potato Trade Association) As part of a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources that the European Commission revealed on 5 July, the Commission is proposing to set legally binding food waste reduction targets to be

UVMB participation on the 10th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management By: Atilla Kunszabó, 26/06/2023 From: UVMB (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest) On June 21-24, the WASTELESS project partner, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest (UVMB) actively participated in the 10th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management held in Chania, Greece (https://chania2023.uest.gr/). This conference

Short opinion on Reducing Food Loss and Waste by Nastasia Belc,  General Director of The National R&D Institute for Food Bioresources, IBA, Bucharest, Romania Member of the External Expert Advisory Board of WASTELESS project. Along the food system food is lost or wasted and this is a complex challenge in the higher and higher resources’ competition

Agri-food waste valorization as sustainable strategy for reducing the Food Loss and Waste impact By Patrizia Perego Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering (DICCA), University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 15, 16145 Genova (GE), Italy, *p.perego@unige.it Member of the External Expert Advisory Board of WASTELESS project. According to the FAO, the annual food production

RECUP, Active citizenship to fight food waste By: Gulia Pietrollini  19/04/2023 From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) Original article RECUP is a social promotion association active in Milan and Rome which aims to reduce food waste through the recovery of food surpluses in fruit and vegetable markets. The association represents a concrete response to combat