On the 5th of July 2023, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal to set legally binding food waste reduction targets to be achieved by Member States (MSs) by 2030. The results of the first EU-wide monitoring of food waste levels carried out in 2020 will serve as a baseline to assess progress towards the targets. The impact assessment of this legislative proposal stated that the targets set are feasible, but in order to meet them, EU MSs need to accelerate their progress. This report aims at providing the evidence to support stakeholders across the food supply chain in identifying promising strategies to reduce food waste, in order to accelerate progress in this direction. To this end, a literature review of food waste reduction interventions was conducted and a survey was launched to collect information on existing interventions. Their evaluation can provide useful information on how to design, implement, and evaluate successful interventions. Finally, the potential of the life cycle assessment methodology in supporting the design of interventions that can successfully improve the environmental sustainability of the food system, by identifying potential environmental trade-offs in early design stages, was investigated.
DE LAURENTIIS, V., CASONATO, C., MANCINI, L., GARCIA HERRERO, L., VALENZANO, A. and SALA, S., Building evidence on food waste prevention interventions, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/684291, JRC137760.
2024-11-08
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC137760
978-92-68-18744-9 (online)
1831-9424 (online)
EUR 31993 EN , OP KJ-NA-31-993-EN-N (online)
; CASONATO Cecilia; MANCINI Lucia; GARCIA HERRERO Laura 