MEPs advocate efforts to halve food waste in the EU by 2030

Members of the European Parliament (EP) have adopted a resolution advocating efforts to cut food waste by 30% by 2025 and by 50% in 2030 in the EU. Key elements should be the lifting of existing restrictions on food donations and the elimination of consumer confusion about ‘best before’ and ‘use by’ labels. The Commission will have to assess the possible benefits of removing certain dates for products without any risk to public health or the environment. In the EU, food waste is 88 million tonnes, or 173 kg per capita per year. The production and disposal of this food waste emits 170 million tonnes of CO2 and consumes 261 million tonnes of resources (Press Release EP, 16 May 2017).
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