Imagine if every shop and factory had a smart guidebook and a digital tool to see exactly where food is being thrown away. This project creates a standardized way to track that waste so businesses can stop losing money on unused products. It's like installing a high-tech leak detector, but for food instead of water.
The EU food chain loses 88 million tonnes of food yearly, causing significant economic loss and environmental damage. Businesses lack standardized, easy-to-use tools to accurately measure where this waste occurs and how to stop it.
A Decision Support Toolbox containing digital tools and methodologies for measuring food loss and waste, alongside research on how to repurpose unavoidable waste.
If you are a supermarket chain dealing with high volumes of expired produce — this project developed a decision support toolbox that helps you identify waste hotspots and apply the best reduction methods. This helps you move toward the goal of reducing food waste by 20% annually.
If you are a restaurant group dealing with unpredictable kitchen waste — this project developed measurement and monitoring tools that quantify loss in the food service sector. This allows you to implement data-driven strategies to lower costs and environmental stress.
If you are a food processor dealing with unavoidable production scraps — this project developed research on innovative processes to turn that waste into valuable new products. This transforms a disposal cost into a potential revenue stream.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost structures for the tools are not provided.
Yes, the project includes 6 industrial partners and targets the entire food value chain, including retail and food industries, to ensure the tools are usable by all food actors.
Based on available project data, there is no specific information regarding the licensing model or intellectual property rights.
The project is designed to help businesses meet 'Farm2Fork' and 'European Green Deal' targets, specifically aiming for a 20% annual reduction in food waste.
The project focuses on the integrability of data produced by its tools into other existing systems to ensure a harmonized approach across the EU.
The project features a strong operational base with 29 partners across 14 countries. With a 21% industry ratio (6 industrial partners and 9 SMEs), the consortium balances academic research from 5 universities and 5 research centers with practical commercial application, ensuring the resulting tools are grounded in real-world food supply chain needs.
Contact the Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) in Portugal.
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