Case study: Too Good To Go
An interview with Jamie Crummie, co-founder of Too Good To Go. What’s your company’s mission? Our mission is to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. Globally we …
Course: From Waste to Value: How to Tackle Food Waste
How can I reduce food waste at home?
UK-based non-governmental organisation WRAP (the Waste and Resources Action Programme) has been instrumental in raising the visibility of sustainable waste management in general, and food waste specifically in the UK. …
How can I share food with my local community?
You’ll be aware of food banks which have gained a high profile over recent years due to their key role ensuring those in need have access to good food regularly. …
Welcome to the course
Welcome to ‘From Waste to Value: How to Tackle Food Waste’, a European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food online course produced by the University of Reading and RethinkResource. …
Can food waste be turned into cosmetics?
FRUUURSKIN is a cosmetics company that specialises in turning fruit by-products into sustainable cosmetics. Their lip balms are made from up to 60% moisturising fruit-based ingredients, which are ethical, vegan …
More Research Less Food Waste
As well as initiatives you’ve heard about over the previous Steps, academia is working hard on the problem of food waste. We talked to two researchers from the University of …
8 social movements to reduce food waste
There are many social movements, organisations and individuals targeting their actions towards the reduction of food waste. And, there are many different motivations: reducing food poverty; politics and anti-capitalism; concern …
Reducing food waste in the EU
Research has found that ‘legislation and policies are responsible for driving food waste[1]. However, they can also act as supporting frameworks for waste reduction. The food waste problem Food waste …
Government policies
Governments across Europe are making efforts to reduce food waste through prevention targets and legislation. National initiatives that have sparked action and public debate include those in France and Italy …
Case Study on Wasteless
Wasteless is a start-up founded in 2016 in Israel, with the aim of reducing food waste in supermarkets using dynamic pricing software [1]. The idea behind it is to sell …
How Can Retailers Cut Down On Food Waste?
The retail sector holds a key position in the supply chain – centrally placed, looking backwards towards the supplier and producer and looking forwards to the consumer. Supermarkets therefore have …
Welcome to Week 3
Last Week you discovered tips and tools to help you reduce food waste at home and in your local community. Some of the initiatives that work at a community level …
A better way to monitor food expiry dates: Mimica Touch
You’ve seen how food date labelling contributes to food waste and why this is a problem that needs fixing urgently. Food manufacturers work out expiry dates by determining a product’s …
The circular economy
We know that about a third of the food we produce worldwide is wasted and that fresh foods with a short shelf life are particularly affected – bread for example. …