Climate change. Food insecurity. A fragile global food system. All these challenges are worsened by food loss and waste.
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.
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
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.
In Denmark, almost 900,000 tonnes of food is thrown away every year, and with the launch of Denmark's first food waste strategy, the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries is taking a big step towards reducing the large amounts of food waste.
Meet Carlos Hipolito, the visionary leader at the helm of Phenix Portugal, a company committed to combating food waste by bridging the gap between major contributors in the food supply chain and charitable organizations.
Read about the key points from panel discussion organised by F6S on behalf of the ZeroW Project, bringing together three industry luminaries.
In the ongoing crusade against food waste, innovative strategies are emerging to confront the challenge head-on. Recently, stakeholders from diverse sectors converged in workshops organized by the ZeroW project to discuss and refine strategies for scaling
ZeroW & SISTERS has created this joint statement which calls for crucial revisions to the Waste Framework Directive, a key influencer in EU waste policies. The statement is endorsed by Agro2Circular, ClieNFarms, ENOUGH and PestNu projects.
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Food and Dietetics students develop innovative products from residual streams during Makeathon.
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The untapped potential of cauliflower and zucchini.
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Meet Naiara Lpz de Uralde, from Udapa Sociedad Cooperativa working with second class potatoes
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.
Meet Carlos Hipolito, the visionary leader at the helm of Phenix Portugal, a company committed to combating food waste by bridging the gap between major contributors in the food supply chain and charitable organizations.
Managing Director of the Sustainable Innovation Technology Services Ltd company, Leonardo Piccinetti has had worked for more than 20 years to tackle the challenges of food loss and waste with policies and project initiatives.
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The ZeroW project was launched to help the transition of current food systems
ZeroW is an EU project funded under the Green Deal call of the Horizon 2020 Programme (Grant Agreement no. 101036388). 46 partners across Europe are working together to find new and innovative ways to reduce food loss and waste.
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...one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally. The ZeroW project is now launching to help the transition of current food systems towards halving Food Loss & Waste (FLW) by 2030 and reaching a near-zero level by 2050.
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