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With more than 1.2 million tonnes of food lost or wasted annually along the entire value chain, food waste remains a major challenge in Austria. 26 May is a day set aside in Austria to raise awareness of this issue, and it provides a valuable opportunity to share best practices. According to WWF estimates, an…

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Within the framework of the European project ToNoWaste, pilot studies have been carried out in different European regions to address challenges related to food loss and waste. As presented in Practice Abstracts 15, 24, and 50, the pilot action developed by CACV in the Valencian Region has focused on the citrus sector, with the direct…

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As part of the ToNoWaste European project, through the València City Council’s Innovation Foundation – València Innovation Capital (VIC), two editions of the “Agro·lab ToNoWaste” program were developed in 2025 and 2026, supporting innovation for the prevention and reduction of food loss and waste (FLW). The innovative approach of the program lies in its specificity,…

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Perspektive Handel is a social institution that has set itself the task of operating supermarkets in Austria and thereby promoting the integration of people with placement barriers into the regular labour market. The new phase of ToNoWaste activities in Austria builds on the September 2023 action aimed at reducing food waste in selected supermarkets and…

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As partners of the European Tonowaste project, the action developed by Cuinatur has focused on finding the causes that cause food waste throughout the supply chain and implementing a series of actions/solutions to reduce it. To do this, we have carried out exante and expost measurements with two specific foods: pears and lettuce. In these…

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The Food Supply Chain (FSC) app is a web-based application originally developed within the FoodRUs project and subsequently adapted and reused in the ToNoWaste Horizon Europe project. The tool supports companies in the systematic quantification, monitoring and improvement of food loss and waste (FLW) prevention and management across the food supply chain. Many food-related organizations…

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Food loss and waste (FLW) is one of the main sustainability challenges facing today’s food systems. Reducing FLW is essential to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which aims to halve food waste by 2030. However, the effectiveness of FLW prevention actions, particularly those targeting consumer behaviour, changes over time. Awareness campaigns and…

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Following the prior analysis of household consumption and waste of fruits and vegetables (carried out in PA No. 58-61), it is considered essential to update and monitor these results in the coming years. This is in order to design effective policies for the prevention and reduction of waste in Spanish households. The ToNoWaste project emphasizes…

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Considering the points set out in the previous PA60 and according to MAPA’s statistics on household food waste, the share of fresh vegetable waste relative to total food waste decreased from 13.62% in 2017 to 12.87% in 2024.). In this case, the correlation coefficient is 0.8699, indicating a weaker relationship between the contribution of fresh…

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Fresh foods are an essential component of recommended diets aimed at promoting healthier lifestyles and a more sustainable planet. Within the category of fresh foods, the consumption of fresh vegetables should account for at least three servings per day (150–200 g/serving), as part of the total daily food intake (Spanish Agency for Food Safety and…

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