Green Deal-funded projects are stepping up with innovative solutions based on the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, and recycle. Read Green Deal Projects Support Office’s recent article on tackling food waste in the EU.

Join us for the Final Conference of the ZeroW and CHORIZO projects, where we will showcase key findings, insights, and solutions to tackle food loss and waste (FLW), one of the most pressing challenges in Europe’s food system.

Reducing food loss and waste is a critical challenge in the fresh produce sector, and engaging those who work directly in the supply chain is essential to finding effective solutions.

Food waste is a major challenge in the poultry industry, where outdated methods and limited digitalization make it difficult to monitor and reduce losses.

Academic paper about "Technological innovations for reducing tomato loss in the agri-food industry".

Food waste is a persistent challenge in Europe, with approximately one-third of the EU's agricultural production discarded as “ugly food” due to imperfections, despite being perfectly edible.

Academic paper about "Heterotrophic cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris yellow mutant on sidestreams: Medium formulation and process scale-up".

Project partners and SILL4 partners traveled to Barcelona to gain insights into innovative approaches to reducing food loss, redistributing surplus, and fostering sustainability in the food system.

The holiday season is for togetherness, indulgent meals, and celebration. Unfortunately, it is also a peak time for food waste in households across Europe. The ZeroW project is shedding light on innovative solutions to tackle food waste during the holiday

Food and Dietetics students develop innovative products from residual streams during Makeathon.

ILVO and SETU, are pursuing a patent application in Belgium for a groundbreaking decision support system.

Turning waste into value: How can Chlorella vulgaris upcycle food waste?

Digiotouch attended the OSPOs for Good symposium in New York and talked about key areas of open source policy

A Danish start-up called Reduced are turning wasted food into umami

Academic paper about "Comparison of Different Pretreatment Processes Envisaging the Potential Use of Food Waste as Microalgae Substrate".

ZeroW SILL4 contributing to breakout session on policy and legislation at international conference

Academic paper about "Vehicle routing with stochastic demand, service and waiting times — The case of food bank collection problems".

Meet Naiara Lpz de Uralde, from Udapa Sociedad Cooperativa working with second class potatoes

In the last few weeks, ZeroW participated in two key events to strengthen collaboration opportunities with fellow projects

Five peer-reviewed articles have been published in scientific journals and one peer-reviewed book chapter

ZeroW presented policy briefs at high-level international conference

Academic book chapter on food loss and waste

Academic paper about "Optimizing household food waste: The impact of meal planning, package sizes, and performance indicators".

Meet Adam Smith, Founder & CEO of Surplus to Purpose and also known for The Real Junk Food Project. Adam is trying to stop food going to waste.

We celebrate Stop Food Waste Day by presenting five EU-funded projects combatting food waste. Learn more about the offered insights and approaches.