Brussels, 25/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - Smarter labelling and packaging and campaigns for increasing awareness for the distribution of products not sold - these are the measures that the European Parliament plans to recommend in mid-December to reduce wastage of healthy, edible foodstuffs.
A European Commission study shows that the production of food waste in the 27 EU member states each year reaches around 89 million tonnes, i.e. 179 kg per person. This figure varies considerably from one...