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Google’s new software against food waste
Google has created a software against food waste in collaboration with chefs, supermarkets and growers. This software ensures that leftover food is redistributed as quickly as possible and as smartly as possible to places where it is needed. The software also looks at...
Promising results from Tesco’s ‘No Time For Waste’ challenge
A recent trial carried out by British supermarket Tesco and environmental charity Hubbub saw a 76% decrease in household food waste with the households also reporting to have saved £16.50 per week by taking part. The 'No Time For Waste' Challenge During a...
12.8 million wasted pumpkins: the scary truth about Halloween
New research has revealed that over half of the 24 million pumpkins expected to be carved during the Halloween period in the UK, will be wasted. That's enough to feed everyone in the UK with a bowl of delicious pumpkin soup! 'Eat Your Pumpkin' Commissioned by...
The Earthshot Prize: No waste forms major part of most ambitious environmental goals in history
On Thursday 8th September 2020, The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge launched The Earthshot Prize. This new global reward scheme, inspired by President John F. Kennedy's Moonshot, aims to tackle some of the world's biggest environmental problems...
The United Nation’s 17 goals for sustainable development
In 2015, all the member states of the United Nations agreed on 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) which outlines the collective ambition for 'peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future'. The SDG's form a major part of The 2030...
China launches campaign against food waste
China has launched a new campaign against food waste. This happened after Chinese President Xi Jinping insisted on this. He called the numbers of food wasted in China shocking and disturbing. The COVID-19 crisis and severe floods are also related to the president's...
28th September | Sir David Attenborough to premiere new feature film: A Life On Our Planet
This autumn Sir David Attenborough, famous for Planet Earth and Our Planet, will release a new feature film, David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet. The film will be shown in cinemas globally and delves deeper into exploring the planet and protecting it for future...
PBL: Use influencers to change consumer food consumption
Consumers are not only able to eat more sustainably and healthily, according to a new study carried out by the PBL (Planning Bureau for the Environment in the Netherlands). The advisory body recommends, among other things, to use influencers to entice consumers to...
29th of September | International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
On September 29th it is International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. This day will be centered around food loss and waste. The day was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It is the intention that this day will reflect on...
AI rubbish bin reduces food waste
A Swiss start-up is helping companies measure their food waste. After all, we have to measure things often to be able to improve them. The Kitro company has designed an AI rubbish bin that measures how much food is thrown away. In this way, companies gain insight into...
British retailer Iceland reduces food waste by 2.500 tons
A UK-based retailer has saved around 2.500 tons of food over the past two years. Retailer Iceland explains they have reduced their food waste by nearly a quarter since the beginning of 2018. By using proven methods for reducing food waste they managed to get to this...
Less food waste in the Netherlands during the corona crisis
A new study by Wageningen Food & Biobased Research has shown that a quarter of Dutch households waste less food during the corona crisis compared to before. They conducted this research in collaboration with the Dutch center for nutrition, het Voedingscentrum. The...
Using eggshells and tomatoes to make sustainable rubber tires
Eggshells, tomato peels and many other different types of food that are being thrown out can be reused and turned into sustainable rubber. This rubber can be used in tires as found by researchers a while ago. The material that would usually be used to fill the rubber...
Roompot and Too Good To Go enter into cooperation
Roompot has entered into a partnership with Too Good To Go, which means that they can save about 20,000 meals annually. Currently, there are 19 different parks from Roompot that offer daily surpluses in the Too Good To Go app. The so-called "Magic Boxes" are filled...
Drop in food waste during UK lockdown
UK citizens have risen to the challenge of lockdown by making the food they buy last longer and go further, according to the latest survey into food habits, behaviours and attitudes from WRAP. With supermarkets operating strict social distancing rules, restaurants...
We have to move towards a more sustainable food system
A new research report shows that we need to change the way we produce and distribute food to ensure better food security in the future. This is concluded by European scientists concerned with the question of how this change should take place. Katrien Termeer,...
22nd April | World Earth Day
Today it's World Earth Day. And it may be more of a relevant topic than ever. In the current times, where the vulnerability of people and the planet is extra visible. That is why it is important today to pay extra attention to how pollution and waste, in any way, can...
Sustainable packaging by means of laser technology
PerfoTec has an innovative way of packaging called the Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP). With the use of new techniques, the company tries to package food in a safer, cheaper and more sustainable way. The goal is to reduce waste and costs because the productivity...
Dutch supermarkets provide insight in food waste
On average, 98.3% of all food offered by supermarkets in the Netherlands is sold. 1.7% of the food, in kilograms, does not reach the consumer. This shows research carried out by supermarkets, the Central Food Trade Agency (CBL), Wageningen University & Research...
Measuring food waste with smart scale
In the Netherlands, approximately 200,000 tons of food are thrown away every year. This concerns both foods that have already been prepared and unprepared foods. The start-up Zero foodwaste wants to provide insight into this waste pattern in the catering industry by...
