A digital platform called the EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub was launched by the European Commission on 29 September, the very date designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW).
In this way, the European Commission hopes to promote exchanges of knowledge and experience and the dissemination of initiatives to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 12.3), which will result in the halving of food waste by 2030.
On the website, stakeholders can share best practices (on the Resources page), find information on national actions, such as policies and legislative developments (Member States pages) and keep up to date with the latest developments in the sector (News page).
Any stakeholder who is active in the field of food loss and waste prevention in Europe can become a member and can share resources and news. Information on national actions to combat food loss and waste is regularly updated by Member State experts engaged by the relevant public authorities.
The EU's Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy sets legally binding targets for reducing food waste by 2023 throughout the EU.
Link to the website: https://bit.ly/3ASqaLb (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)