Jul 22, 2020 | General, Hospitality, News, Tech and development, Video & Audio
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...
Jul 13, 2020 | General, News, Supermarkets and retail
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...
Jul 3, 2020 | General, News, Research, Research news, Supermarkets and retail
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...
Jun 22, 2020 | General, Institutions, News, Producers, Tech and development
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...
Jun 22, 2020 | General, Hospitality, News, Producers, Supermarkets and retail
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”...
May 12, 2020 | General, News
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...
May 5, 2020 | Farmers and gardeners, General, Hospitality, Institutions, News, Producers, Research, Research news, Supermarkets and retail, Tech and development
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,...
Apr 22, 2020 | Calendar, General, News
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...
Apr 13, 2020 | General, Institutions, News, Producers, Supermarkets and retail, Tech and development
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...
Mar 12, 2020 | General, News, Supermarkets and retail
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...
