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By: Luminita Ciolacu and Sofia Reis (alphabetically) From: ISEKI-Food Association WASTELESS project will host a series of Monthly Café Talks to engage with all stakeholders in the food value chain on topics related to Food Loss and Waste (FLW). ‘We could not be more excited to start the interactions with our community members and engage […]

By: Berta Redondo From: Europatat (European Potato Trade Association) On Wednesday 13 March, the European Parliament adopted its proposals to better prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU. Members of the European Parliament adopted their first reading position on the proposed revision of the Waste Framework with 514 votes in favour, 20 against

By: Berta Redondo From: Europatat (European Potato Trade Association) Food Waste Free United, in partnership with the European Commission and other public authorities, is organising an international conference with the aim to bring together representatives from companies, public- and scientific organizations, and civil society with high ambitions of halving food waste by 2030. Under the

By: Andrea Adelmo Della Penna From: GIFT (Great Italian Food Trade) On 5 February 2024, the 11th National Food Waste Prevention Day was celebrated in Italy, with various events aimed at the general public of all ages. On this occasion, a new dedicated initiative was launched by national institutions, involving several ministries, which wanted to

The ERASMUS+ Project I-RESTART is currently in search of professionals (employees and employers, educators, advisors, other…) from the veterinary,  animal production, and food industry sector, who are willing to provide their input in a project survey. The survey aims at identifying skill needs across Europe. It is a short questionnaire that takes 5-10min to fill in. With

By: Berta Redondo From: Europatat (European Potato Trade Association) On 7 November, the European Commission organised in Brussels a joint meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Waste (FLW) and the European Citizens’ Panel. The aim of the event was for the Commission to give feedback to the panel on their proposed 23

This time the spotlight will be on households and their part on food waste reduction. It is paramount to have firm understanding of the food waste situation as households are responsible for 61% of the generated food waste (UNEP,2021).  Speakers will discuss the consumers’ perception of food waste and how it may impact their behaviour

Dear WASTELESS Community, We are thrilled to bring you the latest updates from “WASTELESS – Waste Quantification Solutions to Limit Environmental Stress,” our ongoing project funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme (Grant Agreement n° 101084222).  Here are the highlights of our recent developments and achievements: We established contact and formalised an

Summary by: Luminita Ciolacu and Sofia Reis From: ISEKI-Food Association WASTELESS – Waste Quantification Solutions to Limit Environmental Stress, is an EU funded project with the aim to develop tools and recommendations for measuring and monitoring food loss and waste.  Knowledge sharing among similar projects and initiatives is of main importance to maximise impact. This

Among others, one of the main contributions expected from the FOLOU project in the long term is that it will help to promote the harmonization between regions of the methodologies to record the Food Loss in the primary sector. To achieve this objective, the project consortium is working to build consensus around important issues related