Eliza Gambuzzi
Eliza Gambuzzi is a R&D Technician working with the HOOP project to vitalise Europe's urban bioeconomy. Here, she talks about how unavoidable food loss and waste is the basis for a sustainable circular bio economy.
MEET ZEROW-HEROES
MEET ZEROW-HEROESMeet our ZeroW-Heroes
The world is full of people who makes a difference in the fight against FLW every day. And we think they all deserve to be celebrated.
Here you can meet a few of them.
Explore the stories behind about our ZeroW-Heroes and be inspired by their efforts to reduce food loss and waste on every scale.
Oltion Shena
ZeroW-Hero Oltion Shena is the founder of Feeding Albania, a community of organisations that fights poverty and hunger in Albania through e.g. food banks and redirecting food to people in need.
Shai Rilov
Shai has dedicated the last 8 years to making the issue of food waste accessible and delicious - through culinary and educational activities, including founding Israel's first social restaurant based on rescued food!
Selina Juul
Selina Juul is one of the world’s leading experts on food waste and Chairman of the Board and Founder of Stop Wasting Food movement in Denmark.
About 20% of the food produced in the EU goes to waste.
ZeroW directly addresses the challenge of food loss and waste (FLW) by developing and testing a synergetic mix of innovations in real life conditions.
The aim is to deliver ambitious reductions at all stages of the food supply chain from post-harvest to consumption.
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