Download or read book Setting the Scene for an EU Initiative on Food Waste Reduction Targets written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes part of the research carried out to support the Impact Assessment of the legislative proposal amending Directive 2008/98/EC, in relation to the part focusing on setting legally binding food waste reduction targets. It illustrates: the outcome of the public consultation on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, for the part concerning food waste, which showed a high level of agreement with setting legally binding food waste reduction targets ; the results of targeted consultation and data collection on food waste prevention initiatives from stakeholders and Member States (MSs), trough the submission of two questionnaires, aimed at collecting quantitative data on costs and results of food waste prevention initiatives ; the results of an analysis of policy initiatives on food waste prevention undertaken by EU MSs, in terms of efforts and results achieved, which showed some discrepancies between formal commitment to SDG target 12.3 and concrete measures implemented. The high heterogeneity of the food waste prevention initiatives collected is reflected in the high variability of the reported cost of food waste reduction. Few MSs have applied an evidence-based policymaking strategy with medium- or long-term outlooks, while the majority have put in place sporadic initiatives. The evidence gathered suggests that further efforts are needed to monitor food waste quantities and to evaluate the effectiveness of country level food waste prevention initiatives.

Download or read book Food Loss and Waste Policy written by Simone Busetti and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines policy responses to food waste and loss, an issue of significant, global concern, with one-third of food produced for human consumption lost or wasted. Investigating food waste and loss under an interdisciplinary lens, the contributors employ a variety of methodological approaches, including quantitative and qualitative techniques, drawing on in-depth case studies and action research. The volume is organised into four parts: Understanding Food Loss and Waste, International Programmes, National Policies and Local Initiatives. The first part introduces the reader to the concept of food loss and waste, how it can be measured, its causes and consequences, and how it can be reduced. The second part is dedicated to international and cross-country case studies, with six chapters reviewing national policies implemented in France, Italy, Romania, Japan, China and the United States. In Part Four, three chapters are dedicated to local food recovery and redistribution initiatives. By focusing on different territories and different levels of governance, the book provides a detailed evaluation of food loss and waste policies, the barriers and opportunities of implementing the policies, as well as the impact they are actually having. The chapters are both descriptive and evaluative and draw out lessons for designing, implementing and reforming programmes. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars working on food waste, food policy, sustainable food systems, agricultural production and supply chains and public policy, as well as policymakers involved with developing and implementing programmes and policies to regulate and reduce food waste and loss.

Download or read book Food Waste Reduction and Valorisation written by Piergiuseppe Morone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book adds a new dimension to the sustainability assessment of food waste reduction and valorisation: policy analysis. Featuring a transdisciplinary analysis by key experts in the field, it identifies the drivers of change in food-waste reduction and valorisation technologies by looking, for example, at the regulatory framework and at policy actions undertaken by local and global actors. The book explores the development of regulations and policies for food-waste prevention, management, and valorisation at a global as well as European Union level. It also discusses the notion of food waste in legal terms and investigates the effects of the lack of a standard, universal definition of food waste on the efficient use of by-products, promising processes and products for technological and commercial exploitation. Utilising mathematical mapping methods to assess food consumption impacts and providing supply chain models that allow the testing of consumption scenarios, the book goes on to discuss a series of emerging technologies (tested at lab scale and/ or pilot scale) and opportunities for the valorisation of food waste.

Download or read book Scoping Consumer Food Waste written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food waste is a global concern already identified to be addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (12.3) and the EU policy agenda under the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Green Deal within the Farm to Fork Strategy. The EU has committed to halving food waste at the retail and consumer level following SDG 12.3, establishing legally binding reduction targets and enabling their reach through the setting of baseline measurement and uniform monitoring. Across the Member States, most food waste occurs at the consumer level. Therefore, reducing consumer food waste is critical for achieving future EU-level targets for food waste reduction. Consumer food waste (both in- and out-of-home) - whilst influenced by the food supply chain and food environment - is essentially a behavioural issue. The behavioural factors underlying consumers' decisions to discard food need to be uncovered, and consumer-focused interventions have to be adequately designed to deliver on the ambitious target reduction. To address the existing research gaps, the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) established a multi-disciplinary forum of researchers and practitioners in the area of consumer food waste prevention under the pilot project called the European Consumer Food Waste Forum (ECFWF). The ECFWF will issue research- and evidence-based recommendations and develop tools to help reduce consumer food waste, aiming to produce a compendium of best practices and recommendations to facilitate the uptake of effective interventions. To this end, there was the need to 1) define the scope, i.e., the type of interventions, tools, best practices and recommendations to be explored, and 2) to develop an evaluation framework specifically tailored for consumer interventions. This has been done by 1) conducting several literature reviews on the state of the art of intervention evaluation and available frameworks, and on the main food drivers and levers of consumer food waste, 2) organising a virtual workshop, meetings and gathering written feedback on the discussed topics from ECFWF members. This report outlines the scope of the ECFWF and the evaluation framework for consumer food waste prevention interventions. The latter is complemented with a data protocol for the collection of information on interventions and some selected tools, best practices, and recommendations agreed under the scope of the ECFWF.

Download or read book Evaluation of Consumer Food Waste Prevention Interventions written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EU has committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3, which calls for halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels by 2030 and reducing food losses along the food production and supply chains. As part of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, the Commission intends to propose legally binding targets to reduce food waste levels and accelerate the EU's progress towards the global target. The first EU-wide monitoring of food waste levels, based on a common methodology, has established a new baseline against which the EU can assess progress made over time. Over half of the food waste generated in the EU occurs at the consumption stage, as highlighted in findings reported by Member States referring to the year 2020. Targeting consumer food waste is therefore critical for achieving the future EU-level targets for food waste reduction and complying with international sustainable development efforts. Consumer food waste (both in and out of the home) is a multifaceted and complex issue influenced by food supply chain dynamics and the food environment and driven by behavioural aspects. To address the issue in a timely manner, many groups have carried out interventions to reduce food waste and/or support consumer behavioural change, but the efficiency and effectiveness of those interventions have not been consistently evaluated. To evaluate these interventions, the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) established a multi-disciplinary forum of researchers and practitioners working in the area of consumer food waste prevention under a pilot project called the European Consumer Food Waste Forum (ECFWF). As part of the project's tasks, the ECFWF has gathered data and evaluated 78 interventions across the EU and beyond, prioritising the analysis of interventions within the scope of the ECFWF (i.e. examining only certain types of interventions). The results show that the majority of these interventions were successful in either reducing food waste quantities or changing behaviour, thus indicating that deploying well-designed and monitored behavioural change approaches can lead to substantial reductions in food waste on a large scale, as has been shown in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The extent of the impact varies between interventions and not all are likely to be scalable to the country or regional level. The results also suggest that the success of behavioural change interventions greatly depends on the combination of practices put in place (such as a combination of nudges and awareness-raising campaigns) and on the collaboration and commitment from stakeholders implementing the intervention, including from policymakers at all levels. The practical output of this project consists of the development of an evaluation framework to assess the performance of behavioural change interventions, which can be applied by researchers and practitioners in order to understand the possible impact of new interventions. Evaluation is crucial to transferring knowledge on the implementation of effective interventions and to understanding the potential scalability and the cost-effectiveness of different approaches. The results of this analysis also suggest that resources should be made available to assess the impact of interventions over the medium- to long-term to fill the knowledge gap on the longevity and sustainability of any food waste reduction or the development of new 'low-waste' social norms.

Download or read book Prevention of Food Waste in Restaurants Hotels Canteens and Catering written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report covers and describes all kinds of operations preparing and serving food outside private homes, we call all these operations the "hospitality sector". According to Danish and Finnish statistics it might be concluded that one third of all food is served within the hospitality sector. This means that the hospitality sector is important also when it comes to fighting avoidable food waste in society. Due to the fact that the hospitality sector is complex and comprises various kinds of activities and organisations, the report contains a thorough description of this sector in each of the four Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Based on different methods the amounts of food waste and avoidable food waste are calculated in order to illustrate the situation of avoidable food waste within the hospitality sector in general and for different segments. The analyses conclude with a best estimate for total avoidable food waste in the four countries of 456,000 tons, e.g. about 18kg/ inhabitant. The differences between available reports underline a need for better statistics, including better definitions and reporting systems. Prevention of avoidable food waste is an important environmental issue. Each country will be affected of new EU ambitions on avoidable food waste reduction. Further, every member state has to develop waste prevention plans for 2013. New EU strategies on resource efficiency will probably also comprise the issue of avoidable food waste. The report describes initiatives taken both by Governments and operators in the market. Both EU and some countries are also about to define reduction targets on avoidable food waste. Many operators within the hospitality sector are active as well in order to reduce their avoidable food waste, both in order to reduce their costs and reduce the environmental impacts of food that is not eaten by humans. The report concludes that new instruments are needed in order to meet overall avoidable food waste targets, to reduce environmental negative impacts and obtain benefits for society. Instruments are also required in order to bridge the ambitions and rules related to food safety and avoidable food waste prevention. Different economic, regulative and communicative instruments are listed without concluding on which instrument or package of instruments that should be chosen. The report proposes that national instruments might be reinforced and coordinated on a Nordic level. The project results cons ...

Download or read book Assessing the Economic Social and Environmental Impacts of Food Waste Reduction Targets written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halving food waste by 2030 is an ambitious target of the Sustainable Development Goals, echoed by the Farm to Fork Strategy within the European Green Deal. This report offers a comprehensive evaluation of the economy-wide implications for different food waste reduction targets. The study utilizes the further adapted computable general equilibrium model MAGNET and employs a range of sustainability indicators to analyse the economic, social, and environmental impacts associated with the reduction of food waste. A bottom-up analysis based on life cycle assessment is conducted as an additional approach to assess the environmental implications of achieving the food waste reduction targets. The results show that despite income reductions in the food chain as a consequence of the declining demand, positive effects in other economic areas offset these losses. Additionally, food waste reduction is expected to yield substantial environmental benefits, as well as increase food affordability and financial savings for households.

Download or read book Tools Best Practices and Recommendations to Reduce Consumer Food Waste written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food waste is a pressing issue that has significant environmental, social, and economic consequences. In line with its commitment to the global Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3 of halving food waste by 2030, the European Union (EU) has implemented an extensive action plan to tackle this problem. In the EU, and many other parts of the world, most food waste occurs at the consumption stage. In order to tackle this hotspot of food waste generation, the European Consumer Food Waste Forum (ECFWF) - a pilot project involving experts from diverse backgrounds - has identified six intervention types to reduce consumer food waste, as well as recommendations for policymakers and other key players. The document, presented as a compendium, shows the main findings of this work, emphasizing the importance of taking a systemic approach that considers the key drivers and levers of change when targeting food waste reduction at the consumer level. It brings together tools, best practices and recommendations which policymakers, researchers, businesses, and practitioners can draw on to take action to reduce consumer food waste, in cooperation with other stakeholders. The compendium encourages collaboration and concrete actions to address food waste and promote the establishment of sustainable food systems.

Download or read book The Greenhouse Gas Protocol written by and published by World Business Pub.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard helps companies and other organizations to identify, calculate, and report GHG emissions. It is designed to set the standard for accurate, complete, consistent, relevant and transparent accounting and reporting of GHG emissions.

Download or read book Food Waste Management written by Elina Närvänen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the crucial sustainability challenge of reducing food waste at the level of consumer-society. Providing an in-depth, research-based overview of the multifaceted problem, it considers environmental, economic, social and ethical factors. Perspectives included in the book address households, consumers, and organizations, and their role in reducing food waste. Rather than focusing upon the reasons for food waste itself, the chapters develop research-based solutions for the problem, providing a much-needed solution-orientated approach that takes multiple perspectives into account. Chapters 1, 2, 12 and 16 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com

Download or read book From Waste to Value written by Antje Klitkou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Waste to Value investigates how streams of organic waste and residues can be transformed into valuable products, to foster a transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. The studies are carried out within a cross-disciplinary framework, drawing on a diverse set of theoretical approaches and defining different valorisation pathways. Organic waste streams from households and industry are becoming a valuable resource in today’s economies. Substances that have long represented a cost to companies and a burden for society are now becoming an asset. Waste products, such as leftover food, forest residues and animal carcasses, can be turned into valuable products such as biomaterials, biochemicals and biopharmaceuticals. Exploiting these waste resources is challenging, however. It requires that companies develop new technologies and that public authorities introduce new regulation and governance models. This book helps policy-makers govern and regulate bio-based industries, and helps industry actors to identify and exploit new opportunities in the circular bioeconomy. Moreover, it provides important insights for all students and scholars concerned with renewable energy, sustainable development and climate change.

Download or read book The European Environment written by European Environment Agency and published by Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. This book was released on 2005 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third state and outlook report on the European environment produced by the European Environment Agency (EEA) since 1994. The last report, published in 1999 concluded that, despite 25 years of Community environmental policy, environmental quality in the European Union (EU) was mixed and that the unsustainable development of some key economic sectors was the major barrier to further improvements. That remains the EEA's key conclusion, despite significant progress on some issues demonstrating that environmental policy works. The next report is due in 2010, and the EEA intends to have played its part in reversing unsustainable trends in sectors such as energy, agriculture and transport. This report is in four parts: (A) an integrated assessment of the atmospheric, aquatic and terrestrial environment; (B) a core set of indicators, including pollution, biodiversity, climate change, agriculture, energy, fisheries and transport; (C) country analysis; and (D) a bibliography of EEA publications since 2000.

Download or read book Urban Food Sharing written by Davies, Anna and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the history and current practice of food sharing. Illustrated by rich case studies from around the world, the book uses new empirical data to set an agenda for research and action. The book will be an important resource for researchers, policy makers and sharing innovators to explore the impacts and sustainability potential of such sharing for cities.

Download or read book Waste Policy and the Landfill Directive written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 400 million tonnes of waste is produced in England and Wales from industrial, commercial and household sources, with 375 million tonnes produced in England alone. Following on from its previous report on waste management issues (HCP 385-I, session 2002-03, ISBN 0215010876) published in May 2003, the Committee's report focuses on the progress being made to meet targets for recycling, and the impact of the EU Landfill Directive on reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills, particularly in hazardous waste landfill capacity. Findings include that waste policy has a lower public profile than many other environmental issues, and its development is hindered by a lack of quality data. Concerns are raised about the level of hazardous waste that is unaccounted for, following the ending of co-disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste in the same landfill. Government funding for research into new treatment technologies is welcomed, but more investment is needed; and the planning system is a key influence on the country's waste management capacity. The Committee also recommends that the Landfill Tax should be increased to £35 per tonne; and that the introduction of local authority schemes to promote household waste recycling should be left at the discretion of local councils, with variable charging schemes only introduced if this can avoid disadvantaging low-income families.

Download or read book Republic of Serbia 2021 Article IV Consultation and Request for a 30 Month Policy Coordination Instrument Press Release Staff Report and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Serbia written by International Monetary and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent economic developments. Supported by a large policy package, Serbia’s economy rebounded quickly from the initial COVID-19 shock, recording a 1 percent contraction of real GDP in 2020. Job losses have mostly been contained to the informal sector, thanks to policy measures aimed at preserving formal employment. A supplementary budget for 2021 was adopted in April boosting capital expenditure and extending policy support to households and corporates, against the background of third and fourth waves of infections and related containment measures, as well as a weaker-than-expected economic recovery in key trading partners. Inflation remains low. After rising again in late February, infections tapered, helped by new containment measures and the rapid vaccine rollout.

Download or read book The Sustainable Chef written by Stefan Gössling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first systematic and accessible text for students of hospitality and the culinary arts that directly addresses how more sustainable restaurants and commercial food services can be achieved. Food systems receive growing attention because they link various sustainability dimensions. Restaurants are at the heart of these developments, and their decisions to purchase regional foods, or to prepare menus that are healthier and less environmentally problematic, have great influence on food production processes. This book is systematically designed around understanding the inputs and outputs of the commercial kitchen as well as what happens in the restaurant from the perspective of operators, staff and the consumer. The book considers different management approaches and further looks at the role of restaurants, chefs and staff in the wider community and the positive contributions that commercial kitchens can make to promoting sustainable food ways. Case studies from all over the world illustrate the tools and techniques helping to meet environmental and economic bottom lines. This will be essential reading for all students of hospitality and the culinary arts.

Download or read book Sustainability written by Felix Ekardt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a holistic transdisciplinary approach to sustainability as a subject of social sciences. At the same time, this approach shows new ways, as perspectives of philosophy, political science, law, economics, sociology, cultural studies and others are here no longer regarded separately. Instead, integrated perspectives on the key issues are carved out: Perspectives on conditions of transformation to sustainability, on key instruments and the normative questions. This allows for a concise answer to urgent and controversial questions such as the following: Is the EU an environmental pioneer? Is it possible to achieve sustainability by purely technical means? If not: will that mean to end of the growth society? How to deal with the follow-up problems? How will societal change be successful? Are political power and capitalism the main barriers to sustainability? What is the role of emotions and conceptions of normality in the transformation process? To which degree are rebound and shifting effects the reason why sustainability politics fail? How much climate protection can be claimed ethically and legally e.g. on grounds of human rights? And what is freedom? Despite all rhetoric, the weak transition in energy, climate, agriculture and conservation serves as key example in this book. It is shown how the Paris Agreement is weak with regard to details and at the same time overrules the growth society by means of a radical 1,5-1,8 degrees temperature limit. It is shown how emissions trading must – and can – be reformed radically. It is shown why CSR, education, cooperation and happiness research are overrated. And we will see what an integrated politics on climate, biodiversity, nitrogen and soil might look like. This book deals with conditions of transformation, governance instruments, ethics and law of sustainability. The relevance of the humanities to sustainability has never before been demonstrated so vividly and broadly as here. And in every area it opens up some completely new perspectives. (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Club of Rome, Honorary President) Taking a transdisciplinary perspective, the book canvasses the entire spectrum of issues relevant to sustainability. A most valuable and timely contribution to the debate. (Prof. Dr. Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland, Author of “The Principle of Sustainability”) This books breathes life into the concept of sustainability. Felix Ekardt tears down the barriers between disciplines and builds a holistic fundament for sustainablility; fit to guide long-term decision-making on the necessary transformation and societal change. (Prof. Dr. Christina Voigt, Oslo University, Dept. of Public and International Law)