FUSIONS launches a new consultation to finalize the inventory and analysis of current legislations and policies impacting food waste generation for the EU and its 28 Member States and EEA.  With this consultation, FUSIONS aims specifically to update the existing information on the countries mentioned above, as well as to complete the inventory by including information from the remaining countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia (GROUP B).

13 Member States and EEA countries are already covered by the preliminary inventory. These countries include Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, Turkey, Ireland and Spain (GROUP A). Data was gathered in EU Member and Associated States covered by the consortium, drawing on existing literature, the consultation sessions during the FUSIONS multi-stakeholder platform meetings and other publicly available information. The overview of relevant EU legislation and policies can be found here.

To further the ambition to reduce food waste and increase the resource efficiency of Europe’s food system, it will be particularly important to exchange knowledge, ideas and best practices from the policy/legislative perspective. 

This consultation is particularly important considering that the new Circular Economy Package, foreseen for December, should set the context for more ambitious goals in terms of food waste reduction at the European and national level.

Therfore, FUSIONS asks for your support in this extensive inventory. Your expertise and inputs on your country’s food waste legislation, policies and initiatives will bring a real added value to the country reports and it will contribute towards achieving a efficient and effective food waste policies across the EU.

Ready to deliver your contribution?

FUSIONS is looking forward to your input on policies and legislation influencing and/or targeting food waste. They kindly ask you to provide information on Group B countries by 31st of January 2016. Currently there is no draft report for available for these countries. We would really appreciate your inputs in order to develop these.

You can add your contribution on the FUSIONS website anonymously or use your FUSIONS log-in for identification. Contributors will have the opportunity either to upload their data anonymously or in a public way, by logging in to FUSIONS website and by providing their personal data. Comments can also be sent by email to the eu-fusions@live.com. FUSIONS invites you to send along any  relevant document and reports as attachment to your contribution.

Thank you in advance for your attention and collaboration!