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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
From Waste to Value: How to Tackle Food Waste
EIT Food and University of Reading
This online course explored the causes and impact of food waste focusing on how consumer can act and inspire others to reduce food waste effectively and sustainably. The course covered topics including the difference between food loss and food waste, the environmental, social and economic impacts of food waste and the effect on climate change.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Maarten van der Kamp
Director of Education
EIT Food
Simona Grasso
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Reading
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Assess the causes of food loss and food waste and assess the effect on the planet in terms of food security, sustainability and climate change
- Reflect on how changes in the way we shop, cook and store food can help reduce food waste
- Compare the practices of different retailers and discover the innovations that are helping them to reduce waste
- Explore your own personal contribution to the problem and solutions offered by waste hierarchy and the circular economy
- Debate how to produce actionable changes that can make an impact on your own community
- Synthesise the policies of national governments and the EU and help improve the sustainability of the food system in your country
Syllabus
- The difference between food loss and food waste
- The environmental, social and economic impacts of food waste and the effect on climate change
- How common retail systems and the expectation of abundance and choice has resulted in the current situation
- Practical ideas for reducing food waste at home
- Innovative products and services that will help reduce waste in supermarkets
- How to lobby governments and national organisations to effect change
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Issued on 11th February 2023
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