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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

France, Carrefour and Leclerc obtain the national label against food waste By: Marta Strinati 04/04/2023 From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) Original article Two groups in large-scale distribution in France – Leclerc (in first place, 22,9% market share in 2022) and Carrefour (fourth in the standings, with 9,9% of the market share) – obtain the national label

Food donations, steps forward in US legislation By: Gulia Pietrollini  15/03/2023 From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) Original article From January 5, 2023, the US legislation on food donations relaunches the fight against food waste and support for the food security of the population in conditions of need. (1) The bipartisan amendment Food Donation Improvement Act (FDIA) at Emerson

ReFood, two examples to reduce Food Waste By: Alessandra Mei  29/03/2023 From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) Original article Two companies with the same name, ReFood, and the same mission: to drastically reduce the amount of food waste that reaches landfills. One is a volunteer network operating in Portugal while the second is a company

Deposit Return Scheme, the Danish excellence in the recycling of beverage packaging By: Marta Strinati  13/02/2023 From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) Original article The danish Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is a worldwide excellence in the recovery and recycling of beverage packaging. So efficient that it has enabled extended producer responsibility burdens to be eliminated as of 2023.

Upcycling, the main road to research and innovation By: Dario Dongo 01/01/2023 From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) Original article Upcycling– that is, enhancing the lateral flows of processes, in agrifood chains as in others – is the magic word to look at in every research and innovation activity. (1)  Natural resources are limited and