At their plenary session on Wednesday 13 March, MEPs adopted their position for the forthcoming inter-institutional negotiations (‘trilogues’) on the revision of the directive on food and textile waste (514 votes in favour, 20 against and 91 abstentions).
MEPs will approach the trilogues with a proposal of setting binding targets for reducing food waste at national level, by the end of 2030, to at least 20% in food processing and manufacturing, compared to 10% in the Commission’s...