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Food Policies to Tackle Food Waste: A Classification

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Food waste definitely represents a threat for the sustainability of our food systems. Recently governments are starting to be aware of it and are implementing promising food policies. Indeed, in this chapter we will seek to highlight the most relevant international policies put forward to curb the phenomenon and to classify them, according to the most effective food policy measures.

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    Conferences such as: ‘Food losses and waste initiatives’ in Abu Dhabi; ‘Agritech, facing challenges in postharvest losses’ in Tel Aviv; ‘Fight food waste, feed the planet’ in Milan.

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    For more information, please check: http://foodsustainability.eiu.com/.

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Appendix—Main Policies Against Food Waste: The Final Classification

Appendix—Main Policies Against Food Waste: The Final Classification

COUNTRY

Target population

Policy name/Promoter

Year

Information based

Market based

Regulatory

Voluntary agreements

Nudging

EU

All

European Parliament voted to introduce farm-to-fork targets to reduce EU food waste

2017

  

X

  

Belgium

All

Bruxelles Environment Agency began anti-waste training workshops

2009

    

X

Denmark

All

“Denmark without waste”

2016

  

X

  

Finland

All

“Towards a recycling society—The national waste plan for 2016”

2016

  

X

  

France

All

The ADEME created an information campaign in 2005 with the goal of informing citizens about food waste

2005

X

    

France

Consumer

Grenelle II

2016

  

X

 

X

France

Retailers/Food banks/Not-for-profit

“Lutte contre le gaspillage alimentaire”

2016

  

X

  

Germany

All

Too good for the bin

2012

  

X

  

Greece

All

National waste prevention strategic plan

2016

  

X

  

Ireland

All

SI 508

2009

  

X

  

Italy

All

Law 19 August 2016, n. 166 

2016

 

X

  

X

Malta

All

Waste Management Plan for the Maltese Islands 2014–2020

2014

  

X

  

Norway

All

Agreement to reduce food waste

2017

   

X

 

Netherlands

Food companies

No waste network

2013

   

X

 

Portugal

All

Portugal creates commission to tackle food waste

2017

X

    

UK

All

Courtauld commitment

2005

   

X

 

Sweden

Distribution companies

Reducing food waste through social innovation—National strategy on food waste prevention

2016

   

X

 

USA

All

The federal bill emerson good samaritan food donation act

1996

    

X

USA

All

US food waste challenge and food recovery challenge

2013

   

X

 

USA

Food banks/Not-for-profit consumer

U.S. 2030 food loss and waste reduction goal

2015

    

X

Brazil

All

Save food brazil: brazil wastes 41 tonnes of food a year

2016

X

  

X

 

Canada

All

National food waste reduction strategy

2017

 

X

 

X

X

Australia

All

Working together to reduce food waste in Australia

2016

     

China

Consumer

Clean your plate

2013

X

   

X

Hong kong

All

Food waste free for a better environment

2017

     

Hong kong

All

Blueprint for sustainable use of resources 2013–2022

2014

  

X

  

Israel

Food companies

Jewish state’s agriculture ministry program

2017

 

X

   

Russia

All

“Guidelines for the calculation of regulated tariffs in the treatment of municipal solid waste management

2017

  

X

  

Singapore

Youths

Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA)

2017

    

X

Latin america/Carribean

All

Save food

2017

X

    

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Principato, L. (2018). Food Policies to Tackle Food Waste: A Classification. In: Food Waste at Consumer Level. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78887-6_3

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