date:May 24, 2017
FEFCO has welcomed the European Parliaments resolution on Resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety, adopted on 16 May 2017. The initiative, led by rapporteur MEP Biljana Borzan (SD, Hungary), calls for a 50% reduction of food waste by 2030 and improving the information to consumers.
It is estimated that every year around 88 million tonnes of food is wasted in the EU, along with the associated environmental impact and resources used. Packaging prevents food waste. The res