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Bioprotection to reduce food waste and plastic use
Bioprotection is a method in which a specific combination of bacteria is added, which in turn inhibits other bacterial growth. This ultimately produces less lactic acid, which is beneficial for the shelf life. Bioprotection is thus a way to combat food waste and also...
Using the Internet of Things to combat food waste in the ‘fresh’ industry
The way in which we manage the conditions during the transport of fresh products causes big losses in value. Fruit transport alone, for example, involves a value loss of 5-8%. TNO and Wageningen Food & Biobased Research are responsible for a new study in which...
Reducing food waste by using the right packaging
Pere Fullana i Palmer participated in the round table conference on the circular economy of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Fullana i Palmer is a UN observer at the climate summit in Madrid, in addition to being the director of the UNESCO Chair...
British research about tackling food waste in supermarkets
A recent research from the British WRAP (Waste & Resource Action Programme) shows that supermarkets in the UK can reduce a large share of consumer food waste by taking measures. One of the points is a reduction of €4.7 bln in food that's thrown away. This can be...
$400 billion on worldwide food waste per year
Before the products even arrive in store there is already almost $400 billion lost in food waste worldwide. This was shown by research by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from the United Nations. Every year no less than 14% of all food is lost, the report...
Metro tests real-time shelf life indicator to reduce food waste
About the innovation The Metro Group has tested the "FreshIndex" app in five of its hypermarkets. The index is based on the hygiene data of manufacturers and the actual storage conditions of products. The FreshIndex is not printed as a fixed best-before date. Instead,...
Too Good To Go app helps restaurants prevent 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions
Food waste fighting app ‘Too Good To Go’ announced yesterday (30 September) that it has saved one million meals in the UK since its launch in 2016, preventing an estimated 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Too Good To Go reduces restaurant waste by linking customers to...
Is the World on Track to Cut Food Loss and Waste in Half by 2030?
In 2015, countries committed to Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which calls for the world to halve food loss and waste by 2030. Making significant reductions in food loss and waste is not just nice to have; it is essential if the world is to achieve the reductions...
Fight food waste with the help of a waste monitor
Per year almost 150 million kilo's of food is lost to the rubbish bin from catering businesses, even though this is often still perfectly edible. By means of a waste monitor introduced by Zero Foodwaste they are trying to reduce food waste. In the kitchen at Novotel...
Longer shelf-life due to laser technology
By means of a new technological development the shelf-life of fresh potatoes, vegetables and fruit can soon be prolonged. Belmark and PerfoTec are together working on the development of a laser technology that not only reduces food waste, but also the CO2 emissions....
16th October | Youth World Food Day in Ede
The UN World Food Organisation announced that 16th October will be World Food Day. This day takes on worldwide challenges in the area of food. This should encourage people to think about a more sustainable and healthier eating pattern to keep the planet inhabitable....
Less food waste through the use of 3D-printers
By using a 3D printer, 2 industrial design students at the Technical University Eindhoven are re-using food that would otherwise be thrown away. Their company Upprinting Food is focused on printing decorative and edible components for dishes. Elzelinde van Doleweerd,...
How Can You Reduce Food Waste by Using Weighing Scales?
Here is one fact that is difficult to digest - roughly one-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year gets lost or wasted. That is approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food waste per year. Every time...
Ahold takes further steps to counteract food waste
Ahold Delhaize, the mother company of Albert Heijn, eagerly wants to do more to counteract food waste. There's a reduction of 50% by 2030 on the agenda. This is a big change compared to their earlier target of a decrease of 20% by 2020. The UN Climate Summit in New...
Poland makes food waste prosecutable
Poland has adopted a new legislation requiring stores to pass on any unsold food to charities free of charge. Retailers that throw away food, receive a fine. This was reported by the polish press agency PAP. According to the new law, stores larger than 250 metres...
Finnish supermarket chain S-Markets launches big campaign against food waste
To combat food waste, no less than nine hundred shops of the Finnish chain S-Markets have set up a campaign in which products are sold at a lower price. Products that are close to their expiration date are then offered at a 30 percent discount. When the products are...
