STREFOWA- Strategies to Reduce Food Waste in Central Europe

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30.01.2018

News

School Canteens Research

[CZ] Research on food waste in primary schools canteens bears its first fruits!

15.12.2017

Event

#reducefoodwaste blogger award 2017

[AT] On 15th December, our winning food bloggers met with food waste experts in Vienna.

We are here to #reducefoodwaste in Central europe

STREFOWA aims to reduce and management food waste in Central Europe. The participating countries are Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary and Poland. Together we report the current knowledge on food waste amounts in the five selected countries as well as the quantities of food waste that are prevented by the currently existing best practices in food waste prevention activities/initiatives. Find our results in the Best Practice on Food Waste Prevention Report and the Status Quo Report on food wasted in Central Europe to download here:

Best Practices Food Waste Prevention

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Status Quo Report

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Pilot Actions

Testing what works

The goal of our pilot actions is to test measures and scale up later those that work.

Our pilot actions include:

teaching children
donations of food
research
better waste separation
and much more.

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PILOT ACTIONS

on Reuse of food

These pilot actions encourage reuse of food surplus. For example by collecting food surplus from SPAR customers or by establishing an alternative market for food from farmers.

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Pilot actions

TO Manage Food Waste

In Poland and Austria, we promote new municipal waste sorting systems which treat food waste separately.

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Pilot actions

TO Raise awareness

Our pilot actions to raise awareness focus on schools, retailers, and consumers in Austria, the Czech Republic and Italy.

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STREFOWA Food Waste Hackathon s

Let's #reducefoodwaste together!

In all 5 STREFOWA countries we dedicated one weekend to come up with ideas for apps or websites. Concepts ranged from food sharing to apps helping to waste less, shop wiser and store food better. Find out about our Food Waste Hackathons and stay up to date by signing up for our newsletter here.

Partners from Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and Poland will gather knowledge and tested measures for food waste reduction to an interactive online tool that will provide useful tips and strategies for everyone, who wants to help reduce food waste.

www.reducefoodwaste.eu