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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 Video: Reducing consumer food waste

franka.paetzke — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 14:51:53 +0000

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Policy recommendations to improve food waste prevention and valorisation in the EU

franka.paetzke — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:28:14 +0000

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This report presents a series of policy recommendations based on research conducted within REFRESH to reduce food waste along the whole supply chain, and improve the management of surplus food and food waste flows at the European level.

REFRESH SPAIN - The issue of food waste and how we tackle it along the supply chain

franka.paetzke — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:35:09 +0000

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In this short video, REFRESH ESPAÑA, the Spanish Pilot Working Platform of REFRESH, explains the issue of food waste and how the project worked to combat this widespread and difficult problem.

Infographic REFRESH Spain: Construir alianzas, impulsar el cambio

franka.paetzke — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:53:44 +0000

This one-page infographic first contextualizes the issue of food waste, and then presents the steps involved in the design of voluntary agreements, the main tools employed by the REFRESH Spanish Pilot Working Platform toward minimizing food waste along value chains.

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.

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.

Role of food waste valorisation potential

franka.paetzke — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:02:32 +0000

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This report provides an overview of how the valorisation tasks within the REFRESH project support the EU food waste targets.

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.

LCA & LCC of food waste case studies

franka.paetzke — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:44:04 +0000

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This report presents the results from the life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) of two food waste prevention and upgrading case studies. The first focused on the heat treatment of manufacturing, retail, and catering food surplus so that it could be used as pig feed in UK and France. The second focused on the prevention of peach and nectarine (PN) spoilage and overproduction along the supply chain, considering Italian and Spanish production sold by one UK wholesaler.

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.

Guided Bicycle Tour and Tasting of Local Organic Produce in the Agricultural Park of Gallecs

franka.paetzke — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:24:36 +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 a guided bicycle tour followed by a tasting of local organic produce in the Agricultural Park of Gallecs, organized by Gemma Safont I Artal (Manager of the Consortium of Gallecs), and Albert Garcia Macian (Head of the European projects and International Relations at the City Council of Mollet).

Guided Walking Tour on Food Waste Reduction at “Mercabarna”

franka.paetzke — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:17:25 +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 a guided walking tour on food waste reduction at “Mercabarna”, the Mediterranean's biggest food hub, organized by Mercabarna Food Hub.