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The Joint Research Centre, in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), has set up a multi-disciplinary forum to address consumer food waste. Researchers and practitioners...

The food waste prevention calculator can be used by various stakeholders involved in the food supply chain, to assess the nutritional benefits, the net economic savings, and net...

Food waste is a pressing issue with significant environmental, social, and economic consequences. In the EU, nearly 59 million tonnes of food waste (131 kg/inhabitant) are generated...

Food waste is a pressing issue with significant environmental, social, and economic consequences. In the EU, nearly 59 million tonnes of food waste (131 kg/inhabitant) are generated...

Food waste is a pressing issue with significant environmental, social, and economic consequences. In the EU, nearly 59 million tonnes of food waste (131 kg/inhabitant) are generated...

The European Consumer Food Waste Forum is a network of international practitioners and researchers who have identified a variety of evidence-based, practical solutions to reduce food waste at the consumer...

Food waste is a cross-cutting issue that needs to be addressed urgently to reduce the environmental and climate impacts of food systems and support the transition towards sustainable food systems...

Food waste is a great challenge hindering food system sustainability, embodying environmental impacts, economic costs as well as affecting food and nutritional security. Consumers are...

The EU has committed to halving food waste at the retail and consumer level following SDG 12.3 by establishing legally binding reduction targets and enabling their reach...