The Food waste prevention calculator is an interactive online tool based on Life Cycle Thinking to show the impacts and benefits of our food waste prevention action. It shares the environmental, nutritional, and cost benefits and trade-offs based on a number of choices of different food waste actions across the food supply chain. Users can identify and evaluate potential trade-offs when planning food waste prevention actions, which supports communicate about the actions results. The Food waste action planner tool provides an easy guide of evidence-based, concrete solutions to reduce food waste at the consumer level. The aim of the tool is to inspire practitioners on concrete examples on how to prevent food waste. All the proposed best practices have been evaluated and have information and links for others planning to do something similar e.g. in a school canteens. The two tools have been developed to serve practitioners in both public and private sectors, policy makers, businesses, schools, and other organisations engaged in food waste in EU Member States and beyond. They are developed using robust, stable applications and have proven to be user friendly and well appreciated by food waste experts. Download the report below.
Year of publication | |
Originally published | 29 Nov 2024 |
Related project & activities | European Consumer Food Waste Forum (Project 2021- 2024) |
Knowledge service | Metadata | Bioeconomy | Sustainable food system |
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | food wasteconsumer behaviourSustainable development goalsKnowledge4policyOrganic wasteweb development |