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Hungarian pilot project - Ugly but tasty

The Hungarian Pilot Working Platform initiated the pilot project “Ugly but tasty” in February 2017. The main goal of the pilot is to start working on a “farm to fork” approach to food waste related activities in the fruit & vegetable sector. This chain is one of the shortest chains as processing is not part of it, thereby we can relatively easier focus on the full chain from production to consumer.

The main focus of the project is on the lower quality products, where the plan is to test possible channels for both a marketed (sale) and a non-marketed (free redistribution) basis.

Kiszélesíteni a hidat

A projekt célja, hogy az élelmiszerfeleslegek szétosztásának teljes költségét modellezze, amely az „újraelosztási ellátási lánc” működtetéséhez szükséges (ide értve az élelmiszerbankok és fogadó szervezetek költségeit), kiszámítsa egy, a rendszerbe történő beruházás lehetséges megtérülését, és potenciális finanszírozási forrásokat kutasson fel, különös tekintettel a szociális ellátórendszer meglévő (és nem 100%-osan kihasznált) kapacitásaira és forrásaira, valamint az EU Segélyprogramja által kínált lehetőségekre.

Multi-stakeholder workshop at ECOMONDO - Strategies to Reduce Food Waste in Central Europe

The goal of the workshop is to find ways on how to establish, foster and maintain long-lasting transnational cooperation between relevant stakeholders.

Broadening the bridge – pilot project in Hungary

The Hungarian Pilot Working Platform has initiated and started executing a new pilot project in May 2017. The goal of the project “Broadening the bridge” is to model the total cost of redistribution within the “redistribution supply chain” including food banks and redistribution partner organisations, calculate the potential return on investment in case of additional funding and look at possible funding sources, especially concentrating the existing resources in the social care system such as using the existing (and maybe not 100% used) capacities and potential funding sources such as the EU FEAD program.

Online Community of Experts helps tackle food waste in Europe

A new digital network has been launched to encourage collaboration and bring together expertise from across Europe and beyond in a focussed response to the global issue of food waste. The Community of Experts (CoE) aims to help drive action at every level of the supply chain by empowering individuals, organisations and nations through the sharing of skills, knowledge and resources needed to act against food waste.

REFRESH Community of Experts

Access the online network for experts to share and gain knowledge on food waste reduction, prevention, and valorisation created by REFRESH.

Government of Flanders publishes report "Monitoring food waste and food loss in Flanders"

The report presents a summary of the first official food waste monitoring in Flanders at chain level and for each step in the agri-food chain. It also explains the framework, objective and approach of the monitoring.

Prince of Luxembourg joins the REFRESH-partner led Session on 'Food Waste in a Circular Economy' at the LCM

In September 2017 the Life Cycle Management Conference was held in Luxembourg. REFRESH partner BOKU chaired and contributed to the Food Waste session, which was visited by his royal highness Prince Louis.

Discounting and dynamic shelf life to reduce fresh food waste at retailers

To reduce food waste, a dynamically adjustable shelf life and discounting strategies can be used by a retailer selling perishable products. In this paper both strategies are investigated and evaluated in terms of profit, waste reduction and shortages.

European Week for Waste Reduction 2017

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) 2017 will take place from 18 to 26 November, with awareness-creating actions about sustainable resource and waste management taking place all over Europe. In the spotlight of the EWWR is to raise awareness about how to reduse waste, how to reuse products and recycle materials.

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