Food Waste Innovation Incubator Day

Stephanie Wunder, Ecologic Institut

Food Waste Innovation Incubator Day

Event: Workshop
Date: 19 May 2017
Location: Berlin, Germany
Speaker: Stephanie Wunder

Dr. Maria Flachsbarth, BMEL

Alice Codsi, FoodWIN

Corinne Castle, Surplus Food Project

Thomas Voß, LWL-Clinic

Marion Cocina, Food Fair Platform

As part of the REFRESH Food Waste 2017 Conference the Food Waste Innovation Incubator Day took place on 19 May 2017. The workshop brought together food waste stakeholders such as entrepreneurs, companies of the food industry and policy makers.

The Incubator Day was co-hosted with the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and their initiative "Too good for the bin!". The event was carried out in collaboration with the Food Surplus Entrepreneurs Network. During the workshop the participants had the opportunity to learn from each other, develop solutions to food waste issues in the food chain, and improve cooperation. Minutes, presentations, and the programme can be downloaded on the REFRESH website.

Contact

Chiara Mazzetti

Head of Events Team

Communications Manager

European Approach for Reducing Consumer Food Waste

Putting Insights in Practice

Year 2020

Publication:Report

This report analyses two specific activities within the REFRESH project: First, the dissemination of the Framework for Action ("Blueprint") that helps national governments to build Voluntary Agreements with the relevant stakeholders in the sector to reduce food loss and waste and second, work with Standardisation Bodies, specifically barcode standards used by retailers.

REFRESH External Outreach Report

Dissemination of the Framework for Action (“Blueprint”) and work with Standardisation Bodies

Year 2019

Publication:Brochure

The final results brochure of the REFRESH project provides an overview of the work undertaken within the project including key insights and links to the results that are available online at the REFRESH project website.

REFRESH Final Results Brochure

Year 2020

Publication:Report

This report provides a detailed overview of REFRESH's activities as well as an assessment of their outreach and impact. It also reflects on the lessons learned of REFRESH's communication activities, including barriers and success formats.

Final Report on Dissemination and Exploitation of REFRESH Results

Year 2019

Publication:Video

This video summarises the main activities and findings of the five national platforms. In order to adapt actions and responses to food waste challenges nationally, REFRESH established national networking platforms in the following five countries: Germany, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands and China. The national platforms set up voluntary agreements and started different pilot activities against food waste, which are presented in this video.

National Platforms to Fight Food Waste

Results of the EU Research Project REFRESH

Year 2019

Publication:Video

This video shows options studied within REFRESH of how to use food side flows in a more sustainable way than it is done today. One example is feeding treated surplus food to omnivorous livestock.

Valorising Unavoidable Food Waste

Results of the EU Research Project REFRESH

Year 2019

Publication:Video

This video summarises the REFRESH project’s activities and findings in the field of consumer behavior. Households account for more than half of the food waste generated in the EU. A large survey conducted by REFRESH in four European countries revealed relevant information on consumer food waste behavior that was used to draw conclusions for policy makers.

Reducing Consumer Food Waste

Results of the EU Research Project REFRESH

Year 2019

Publication:Video

In 2019, the European research project REFRESH has come to an end. Since 2015, the 26 project partners from across Europe and China have made considerable progress in tackling food losses and food waste along production and supply chains with an integrated approach towards a more sustainable and responsible food system. This video summarises the main activities and findings within the project's three focus areas.

Research Against Food Waste

Results of the EU Research Project REFRESH

Year 2019

Publication:Web Application

The production of food results in by-products. Instead of disposing them as waste, they can also be valorised into new products. This quiz lets you find out what new products can be made from this food waste. The player scrolls two image galleries and chooses two pictures that correspond as food waste and new product. There are eight possible pairs to be found. How many pairs can you find?

Quiz: Food Waste Valorisation

Year 2019

Funding: European Commission, Research Executive Agency (REA), International
Organizer: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Partner: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Germany
Speaker: Stephanie Wunder

Dr. Maria Flachsbarth, BMEL

Alice Codsi, FoodWIN

Corinne Castle, Surplus Food Project

Thomas Voß, LWL-Clinic

Marion Cocina, Food Fair Platform
Team: Stephanie Wunder

Keighley McFarland

Chiara Mazzetti
Date: 19 May 2017
Location: Berlin, Germany
Language: English
Participants: 40
Project: Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain (REFRESH)
Project ID: 2804
Keywords: Agriculture

Consumer Policy

Food

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

Events

food waste, waste management, sustainable food systems, food policy, resource efficiency

Europe, China

policy analysis, pilot projects, public-private partnerships, stakeholder engagement, knowledge transfer

Food Waste Innovation Incubator Day

Further Links

REFRESH Project Website

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