Food Packaging

REFRESH Final Results Brochure

franka.paetzke — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:48:09 +0000

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The REFRESH final results brochure provides an overview of the work undertaken within the project including key insights and links to the results that are available online.

REFRESH Video: Research against food waste

franka.paetzke — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 16:32:02 +0000

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In 2019, REFRESH has come to an end. Since 2015, the 26 project partners from across Europe and China have made considerable progress in tackling food losses and food waste along production and supply chains with an integrated approach towards a more sustainable and responsible food system. This video summarises the main activities and findings of the project.

REFRESH external outreach report

franka.paetzke — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:36:23 +0000

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This report analyses two specific activities within REFRESH: First, the dissemination of the Framework for Action (“Blueprint”) that helps national governments to build Voluntary Agreements with the relevant stakeholders in the sector to reduce food loss and waste and second, work with Standardisation Bodies, specifically barcode standards used by retailers.

Final report on dissemination and exploitation of REFRESH results

franka.paetzke — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 09:36:06 +0000

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This report provides a detailed overview of REFRESH’s activities as well as an assessment of their outreach and impact. It also reflects on the lessons learned of REFRESH’s communication activities, including barriers and success formats.

Reduce and Re-use: Studying retailers’ food waste from an Operations Research perspective

franka.paetzke — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:55:03 +0000

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In this PhD thesis several interventions are analyzed in order to reduce the food waste of retailers, or to re-use food leftovers. The interventions tested are: Discounting nearly expired products, a dynamic shelf life, the incorporation of substitution behavior in the ordering process of the retailer and the re-use of leftovers by a soup kitchen. All interventions show potential to reduce food waste.

Video message from EU Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis

ILM — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:05:45 +0000

With the close of REFRESH in June 2019 the EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis congratulates to the success of an outstanding research project. In a video message, he says that with its concrete actions and tools developed, REFRESH results will continue to guide EU policy for food waste reduction. The Commissioner himself was involved in many events and activities of the project. In particular, Commissioner Andriukaitis underlines the value of REFRESH insights on how to better understand and reduce consumer food waste and the voluntary agreements that have been established in four EU countries and that will guide the way for more public private partnerships.

SAVE12.3 Catering Lean Management Workshop in 2019

franka.paetzke — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:17:43 +0000

The first Chinese workshop focusing on catering lean management was launched in Beijing on May 13-14th, 2019. It was attended by 54 representatives from the domestic catering industry and the supply chain.

Zero Waste Mission – A Hands-on Workshop on how to make Bioplastics from Food Waste

franka.paetzke — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:33:21 +0000

On May 9th, one day before the REFRESH final conference 2019 that was organized in cooperation with the Barcelona Design Centre, four on hands experience were offered, featuring food waste innovators from business and civil society in the Barcelona area. One of these was "Zero Waste Mission", a hands-on workshop on how to make bioplastics from food waste, organized by Ignacio de Juan-Creix and Irene Ródenas from PLAT Institute of Augmented Gastronomy.

Voluntary Action Plan and Food Waste Reduction: Initiative Proposed by CCFA Chain Catering Enterprises

franka.paetzke — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:49:45 +0000

The China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA) Chain Catering Committee and CCFA China Sustainable Consumption Round-table jointly launched the "Voluntary Action Plan of CCFA Chain Catering Enterprises on Food Waste Reduction Initiative”. The launch event on March 13, 2019 in Shanghai was witnessed and participated by 500 Chinese catering companies, with nearly 1400 people present. This event was supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environmental Programme (UN ENVIRONMENT), NET PLANET NETWORK, the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, and the REFRESH project team.

The effects of on-pack storage and consumption guidance on consumer food waste behaviours

franka.paetzke — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:58:49 +0000

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The nature, content, and format of on-pack guidance is thought to play a role in food waste generation, and therefore potentially in food waste prevention. The main objective of this study was to examine the effects on consumers of different contents and formats of guidance on food and drink packaging, using large-scale experiments.

REFRESH Final Conference 2019: Fresh ideas to reduce food waste and valorise surplus food

keighley.mcfarland — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:54:26 +0000

The final REFRESH conference that took place on May 10, 2019 in the Disseny Hub Barcelona brought together 150 participants from all across Europe, China, Australia and the US to present and discuss innovative ideas for food waste reduction and valorisation options across the whole supply chain.

Policy Workshop: Integrated Policies for Food Waste and Sustainable Food Systems in the Circular Economy

melanie.kemper — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:31:27 +0000

The final REFRESH workshop discussed options and recommendations to integrate policies for food waste in the broader contexts of sustainable food systems and the Circular Economy. Building on the results created within the REFRESH project, the workshop brought together policy makers and experts from research, NGOs and businesses to discuss EU policy options that go beyond efforts to reduce food waste and includes other sustainability aspects such as health and social impacts.

Celebrado el 4º Encuentro de la Plataforma REFRESH española contra el desperdicio alimentario

franka.paetzke — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:10:16 +0000

El 11 de diciembre de 2018 se celebró el 4º encuentro de la Plataforma REFRESH española en la sede de CREDA-UPC-IRTA en Barcelona. Teniendo en cuenta que quedan 6 meses para el final del proyecto, se presentaron los resultados más importantes del proyecto a nivel europeo y se hizo una evaluación de la evolución de la plataforma, que desarrolló 30 iniciativas en 2017.

4th Meeting of the Spanish REFRESH Platform took place

franka.paetzke — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:42:28 +0000

On 11 December 2018 the 4th meeting of the Spanish REFRESH Platform was held at the headquarters of CREDA-UPC-IRTA in Barcelona. Taking into account that there are 6 months left until the end of the project, the most important results of the project at European level were presented and the evolution of the platform, that developed 30 initiatives in 2017, was evaluated.

Challenge Workshop on how to reduce food waste was held at RISE in Sweden

franka.paetzke — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:00:05 +0000

How do we together reduce food waste and what are the challenges and needs of the different players? This was the question that engaged the almost 80 participants under the "Challenge Workshop on Food Waste " held at the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) Agrifood and Bioscience, Gothenburg, Sweden on September 27. The workshop resulted in the identification of 48 concrete activities.