Project title: WASTE AVOIDANCE STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Acronym: WASTEWISE
Grant Agreement number: 101181915
Start-date: 1 November 2024
End-date: 30 April 2028
Abstract:Food waste prevention and reduction stand at the forefront of the European Green Deal and of the Farm-to-Fork strategy, aimed at fostering a fair, healthy, and sustainable food system. The EU is committed to reduce food waste per capita by 30% at retail and consumer level by 2030, and to reduce food losses along the food production and supply chain. The EU-funded WASTEWISE project – started on November 1st 2024 – will contribute to meet such targets. WASTEWISE project commits to design realistic pathways for food waste prevention and reduction to deliver co-benefits for climate change mitigation and biodiversity. The project also evaluates the nutritional losses and overall socio-economic rebound effects of prevention and reduction.
EUCORE’s role in the project:EUCORE is the coordinator of the WASTEWISE project, and responsible of the Management, ethics, Data Management and Quality control. In addition, the company is in charge of the exploitation of the results and protection of WASTEWISE outcomes and results.
Consortium:
EU CORE CONSULTING SRL (EUCORE)
LUONNONVARAKESKUS (LUKE)
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA (UNITUS)
UNIVERSITATEA NATIONALA DE STIINTASI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA (NUSTPB)
SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET (SLU)
FUNDACIO ESPIGOLADORS (ESP)
ELHUYAR FUNDAZIOA (ELH)
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA (UNIBO)
