Innovation / Social Entrepreneurship

Hungarian pilot project - Ugly but tasty

The Hungarian Pilot Working Platform initiated the pilot project “Ugly but tasty” in February 2017. The main goal of the pilot is to start working on a “farm to fork” approach to food waste related activities in the fruit & vegetable sector. This chain is one of the shortest chains as processing is not part of it, thereby we can relatively easier focus on the full chain from production to consumer.

The main focus of the project is on the lower quality products, where the plan is to test possible channels for both a marketed (sale) and a non-marketed (free redistribution) basis.

Kiszélesíteni a hidat

A projekt célja, hogy az élelmiszerfeleslegek szétosztásának teljes költségét modellezze, amely az „újraelosztási ellátási lánc” működtetéséhez szükséges (ide értve az élelmiszerbankok és fogadó szervezetek költségeit), kiszámítsa egy, a rendszerbe történő beruházás lehetséges megtérülését, és potenciális finanszírozási forrásokat kutasson fel, különös tekintettel a szociális ellátórendszer meglévő (és nem 100%-osan kihasznált) kapacitásaira és forrásaira, valamint az EU Segélyprogramja által kínált lehetőségekre.

Multi-stakeholder workshop at ECOMONDO - Strategies to Reduce Food Waste in Central Europe

The goal of the workshop is to find ways on how to establish, foster and maintain long-lasting transnational cooperation between relevant stakeholders.

Broadening the bridge – pilot project in Hungary

The Hungarian Pilot Working Platform has initiated and started executing a new pilot project in May 2017. The goal of the project “Broadening the bridge” is to model the total cost of redistribution within the “redistribution supply chain” including food banks and redistribution partner organisations, calculate the potential return on investment in case of additional funding and look at possible funding sources, especially concentrating the existing resources in the social care system such as using the existing (and maybe not 100% used) capacities and potential funding sources such as the EU FEAD program.

Online Community of Experts helps tackle food waste in Europe

A new digital network has been launched to encourage collaboration and bring together expertise from across Europe and beyond in a focussed response to the global issue of food waste. The Community of Experts (CoE) aims to help drive action at every level of the supply chain by empowering individuals, organisations and nations through the sharing of skills, knowledge and resources needed to act against food waste.

European Week for Waste Reduction 2017

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) 2017 will take place from 18 to 26 November, with awareness-creating actions about sustainable resource and waste management taking place all over Europe. In the spotlight of the EWWR is to raise awareness about how to reduse waste, how to reuse products and recycle materials.

Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Infoweek including high-level policy events

The Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Infoweek took place in Brussels 14.-17. November 2017. The week-long event brought together infoday, brokerage, and dissemination with a focus on digitisation and a high-level bioeconomy policy event. REFRESH was presented at the "Bioeconomy Village", and REFRESH researcher Dr. Erica van Herpen gave a presentation on consumer food waste behaviour.

3rd REFRESH General Council Meeting in Budapest

All 26 REFRESH partners gathered to discuss midterm progress in the project and build synergies between work in different parts of REFRESH. The meeting took place in Budapest on 07. and 08. September 2017.

Sowing the seeds for short and long term improved EU policies for food waste: REFRESH Policy Workshop

This workshop presented and discussed preliminary findings on opportunities for improving EU policies relevant to food waste prevention and valorisation and explored short- and long-term strategies with stakeholders. It was directed at policymakers and high-level experts in food waste from business, research, and civil society.

EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste Meeting

The EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste will hold its second meeting of 2017 on 07. November in Brussels. Participation is limited to members of the Platform.

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