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Household food waste has continued to decline in Hungary: according to the National Food Chain Safety Office’s (Nébih) 2025 survey, the amount of avoidable food waste has fallen by 37.2% since 2016. Nevertheless, nearly 200,000 tons of edible food are still thrown away every year. According to Nébih, buying too much, preparing oversized portions and

The WASTELESS project (Waste Quantification Solutions To Limit Environmental Stress (January 2023 – May 2026) reached its conclusion and has achieved much more than the development of scientific results and technical solutions. Over the past years, we have built a truly collaborative and multidisciplinary community committed to addressing one of the major challenges facing our

By: Valerie Verniers on behalf of FOLOU, Luminita Ciolacu and Sofia Reis on behalf of WASTELESS Over the past years, the Horizon Europe sister projects FOLOU and WASTELESS have built a strong and fruitful collaboration in the shared ambition to reduce food loss and waste across Europe. Funded under the same Horizon Europe call (HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01),

By: Berta Redondo Benito From: Europatat Last Friday 24 April the WASTELESS consortium gathered in Brussels for its final General Assembly meeting, marking an important milestone as the project enters its concluding phase ahead of its completion at the end of May. During the meeting, project partners reviewed progress across all work packages, covering the

By: Ana Novo Barros  From: UTAD As the WASTELESS project enters Month 36, this milestone provides an important opportunity to reflect on the progress achieved so far, acknowledge the challenges encountered, and outline the next steps ahead. WASTELESS – Waste Quantification Solutions to Limit Environmental Stress, funded under the Horizon Europe programme (Grant Agreement No. 101084222), continues

After two inspiring editions, the WASTELESS Monthly Café Talks have come to a successful close. Over the past months, our virtual café has become a vibrant space for meaningful conversations, knowledge exchange, and community building around one shared goal: reducing food loss and waste across the entire food system. These talks offered an exceptional opportunity

 By: Elli Tsapa and Eirini Xaxiri From: SEVT On 12th & 13th of November, Ljubljana hosted the 38th National Food Technology Platforms meeting, bringing together representatives from multiple national Federations and FoodDrinkEurope. The event served as a unique platform for key figures from the European Food Sector to present multiple ongoing EU projects and foster dialogue among stakeholders.

By: Attila Kunszabó From: University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest The 18th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste took place on 27 November 2025 in Brussels and online, bringing together EU institutions, international organisations, Member States and stakeholder representatives to exchange updates on ongoing initiatives and emerging policy priorities. The session

By: Luminita Ciolacu and Sofia Reis From: ISEKI-Food Association The WASTELESS project is proud to announce its final event, taking place on April 23, 2026, in Brussels, as part of the Food Forum WASTE DAY. This milestone event will highlight the project’s major achievements in the fight against food loss and waste across Europe. Over the course of the

By: Luminita Ciolacu and Sofia Reis From: ISEKI-Food Association During October and November 2025, the WASTELESS Project organized a series of training workshops to showcase the innovative tools developed to measure, monitor, and manage food loss and waste across the entire food supply chain. Each session featured detailed presentations by the tool developers, who provided in-depth explanations of the