WP3 Policy framework

REFRESH Final Results Brochure

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

Flyer

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.

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

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

Report

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.

Avoiding food waste through feeding surplus food to omnivorous non-ruminant livestock

franka.paetzke — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 09:07:22 +0000

Policy Brief

This policy brief outlines the environmental, economic and safety considerations of reforming EU law to enable surplus food containing meat to be fed to omnivorous non-ruminant livestock like pigs, in order to drive food waste valorisation through animal feed.

Guidance for evaluating interventions preventing household food waste

ILM — Tue, 07 May 2019 08:47:45 +0000

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This document provides guidance for evaluating interventions and policies designed to reduce the amount of household food waste. In this context, interventions are any activity – such as campaigns, changes to food packaging or products – that are being undertaken in order to prevent household food waste.

Reducing consumer food waste

ILM — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:30:49 +0000

Policy Brief

Public campaigns and other policy instruments can significantly influence consumer behavior and contribute to a reduction of consumer food waste. However, there are only very few studies that have evaluated to what extent policy interventions actually reduced or prevented food waste. The REFRESH Policy brief summarizes REFRESH findings on consumer behaviour as well as related research results and derives policy recommendations to reduce consumer food waste. The policy brief is based on the REFRESH report "Policies against consumer food waste: Policy options for behaviour change including public campaigns".

Policies against consumer food waste

ILM — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:05:47 +0000

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This report translates the findings of the REFRESH project on consumer behaviour into policy recommendations. It helps national and regional policy makers in designing and improving appropriate interventions against food waste. It focus on policy instruments that aim to reduce consumer food waste including in-home and out-of-home consumption.

Regulating the role of Unfair Trading Practices in food waste generation

ILM — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:28:54 +0000

Policy Brief

This policy brief outlines the relevance of Unfair Trading Practices to understanding addressing food waste in the supply chain and makes recommendations on mitigating Unfair Trading Practices for a fairer and less wasteful supply chain.

Voluntary Agreements as a collaborative solution for food waste reduction

ILM — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:01:16 +0000

Policy Brief

This policy brief outlines how to create a favourable context for the implementation of Voluntary Agreements (VAs) within any Member State to drive food waste reduction. The collaborative nature of VAs is furthermore highlighted, as the food waste savings target of a VA is more likely to be met via active involvement and collaboration of all supply chain actors.

REFRESH interim results to 2018 presented in brochure

keighley.mcfarland — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:55:04 +0000

Flyer

This brochure describes the interim results of the REFRESH (Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain) project through May 2018. REFRESH’s research into the behaviours, economics, and relationships that lead to food waste will inform future recommendations for efficient and versatile solutions to food waste at all levels of production.

Unfair Trading Practice regulation and Voluntary Agreements targeting food waste

keighley.mcfarland — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:20:52 +0000

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This report provides a qualitative assessment of Voluntary Agreements (VAs) and regulation against Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) as two typologies of policy interventions having an impact on food loss and waste.

Food waste prevention and valorisation: relevant EU policy areas

keighley.mcfarland — Thu, 24 May 2018 08:44:10 +0000

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The report provides an overview of the most relevant EU policies and instruments with an impact on food waste generation and/or prevention. It explains the relevance of the different policy areas at EU level and identifies the gaps, overlaps and unintended effects of EU regulation. Finally, it identifies potential opportunities for improvement in each policy area.

Mapping food waste drivers across the food supply chain

keighley.mcfarland — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:59:42 +0000

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This report identifies drivers of food waste across the supply chain in five food categories: bread, dairy, potatoes/tomatoes, prepared meals (sandwiches), and processed meat/poultry. These drivers were linked with the main waste streams they generate.