On Tuesday 24 May, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the future amendment of EU waste legislation (Directive 2008/98/EC), which will impose legally binding targets to reduce food waste under the European Green Deal.
The Commission’s initiative is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023.
Binding targets will help to limit the impact of the food supply chain on the environment and climate and increase the amount of food available for human consumption, creating a more sustainable food system, the Commission says.
The ‘Farm to Fork’ (F2F) strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system, presented in May 2020, aims to reduce the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system and tackle food waste, among other things.
Directive (EU) 2018/851 amending Directive 2008/98/EC requires the Commission to examine food waste data provided by Member States with a view to considering the possibility of setting an EU-wide food waste reduction target to be reached by 2030.
To participate in the consultation, until midnight Brussels time on 16 August: https://aeur.eu/f/1t2 (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)