Toolkit to reduce consumer food waste

Bioeconomy

The toolkit was developed as part of the European Consumer Food Waste Forum project and it was launched on 5 June 2024 during a public event

Learn how to use the toolkit

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Take action to reduce consumer food waste - check out the tools from the European Consumer Food Waste Forum and learn how to use them in practice!

Watch this video to find out more!(with subtitles in 7 languages)

About the European Consumer Food Waste Forum

Video tutorials

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Tailor actions to specific consumer groups

(with subtitles in 7 languages)

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Measure consumer food waste

(with subtitles in 7 languages)

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Evaluate the impact of your actions

(with subtitles in 7 languages)

(Available in 24 languages)

Group of people sitting around a wooden pic-nic table topped with several dishes, some people speaking, others eating, with the sun setting slightly in the background

Report:
Segmenting consumers and tailoring behavioural interventions to reduce consumer food waste

Person in a grocery store, holding and looking at a container of spices in front of shelves containing various other foodstuffs

Report:
A literature review on drivers and levers for behavioural change to reduce food waste at household level

Photo of a hand holding a shopping list, above a shopping cart that is in front a section of yellow and red tomatoes

Report:
Evaluation of consumer food waste prevention interventions

Photo of glass containers stacked onto each other, each filled with the same kind of food or meal, indicating meal preparation. There are various vegetables in the background.

Report:
Scoping consumer food waste: an evaluation framework of prevention interventions

Image of a tall blank white board on a shelf in a grocery store with various fruits around it and in the background

Report:
Key recommendations for action of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste

Image pf apples, bananas, avocado, nuts, cherry tomatoes, and a piece of salmon in an organized pile on a dark coloured table

EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub

Other resources

Literature review on the economics of food waste and losses in the food supply chain

Fachtsheet: Food offer in public settings - A recipe for Sustainable Food Procurement

Eurostat-statistics explained: Food waste and food waste prevention – estimates

EU actions against food waste

A Guide: Changing Behavior to Help More People Waste Less Food, by the Champions 12.3 coalition

Event: Let's reduce consumer food waste! Solutions from the European Consumer Food Waste Forum

Technical Report: Food waste prevention calculator and Food waste action planner

Event Report: Report on the public event “Let's reduce food waste – Solutions from the ECFWF”

Evaluation for food waste prevention actions:

No time to waste: assessing the performance of food waste prevention actions

Assessment of food waste prevention actions

Food waste quantification at national level:

Grown and thrown: Exploring approaches to estimate food waste in EU countries

Building a balancing system for food waste accounting at national level

Building a balancing system for food waste accounting at national level - Model updates version 2.0

Originally Published \| Last Updated	13 Feb 2024 \| 27 Jan 2026
Related organisation(s)	DG SANTE - DG for Health and Food Safety
Knowledge service \| Metadata	Bioeconomy \| Sustainable food system
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)	food waste consumer behaviour Sustainable development goals Organic waste

Learn how to use the toolkit

Video tutorials

Practical tools

Leaflets (available in all EU languages)

Key resources

Other resources

EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System

Food Processing and Nutrition in Africa: Improving Diets under the Kampala Declaration - KAMPALA POLICY BRIEF SERIESBRIEF SERIES ISSUE #12, JANUARY 2026

The JRC Biomass Mandate

Learn how to use the toolkit

Video tutorials

Practical tools

Leaflets (available in all EU languages)

Key resources

Other resources

More information and links

Related reading

EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System

Food Processing and Nutrition in Africa: Improving Diets under the Kampala Declaration - KAMPALA POLICY BRIEF SERIESBRIEF SERIES ISSUE #12, JANUARY 2026

The JRC Biomass Mandate