ToNoWaste a project to assess sustainability of food losses and waste reduction actions along the food supply chain
ToNoWaste has started in September 2022 and is funded by the Horizon Europe Program to generate knowledge on sustainability assessment solutions for food loss and waste reduction actions and use scientific evidence-based assessment tools and data to make the best decisions towards more sustainable food production and consumption patterns. Food waste is a major problem, some 88 million tones of food is wasted every year in the EU, from primary production to consumption, with costs of over €143 billion. The associated environmental impact is also huge and global food waste is equivalent to 8-10% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, implying that 30% of agricultural land wastes its crops. The situation may be even worse, as statistics indicate that 70% of all wasted food may not be recorded because it originates from primary production or is used as animal feed. ToNoWaste is a 48-month project, 21 institutions and 7 countries, with a multi-actor and interdisciplinary approach that considers agronomic, economic, environmental and business model challenges and cross-cutting aspects such as psychology, law and social innovation to fight gender and social inequalities.
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TOWARDS A NEW ZERO FOOD WASTE MINDSET BASED ON HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT
Ongoing | 2022-2027
- Main funding source
- Horizon Europe (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Spain, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Greece