According to the European Parliament, reducing annual food waste in the EU by 30% by 2020 and by half by 2030 is both necessary and feasible. This is borne out by a raft of measures it is advocating in a resolution adopted by a large majority (623 votes for, 33 against, 20 abstentions) on Tuesday 16 May in Strasbourg.
The remedy offered by the MEPs is mainly based on a common EU wide method for measuring food waste, a legally binding objective to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030 and a goal...