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Monitoring Food Waste and Loss in the Nordic region: Definitions, methods and measures for prevention

Author : Hanssen, Ole Jørgen

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 101 pages

File Size : 25,42 MB

Release : 2021-03-26

Category : Science

ISBN : 9289369175

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Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2021-504/ The background for the project is that EU Commission has introduced new regulations and policies for food waste prevention and monitoring. Sweden and Denmark link their reporting closely to the waste framework directive while Finland and Norway base their most data collection on voluntary reporting. Norway and Finland report on a detailed level and estimate impact like costs and GHG-emissions. All Nordic countries have necessary detail in data that are measured to fulfil the requirements set by the purpose of food waste monitoring program. Halving food waste by 2030 calls for radical changes in the food chain. These radical changes require four dimensions: technology push, societal pull, market pull, and regulatory push. Based on these four dimensions, we have classified measures to reduce food waste into four topics: Policy instruments, changing social norms, nudging and changing practices, and intelligent technology and new products & business models.



Food losses and waste in primary production

Author : Franke, Ulrika

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 127 pages

File Size : 22,88 MB

Release : 2016-07-04

Category : Science

ISBN : 9289346108

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This project has resulted in a suggested definitional and methodological framework for future food waste studies in primary production. It has also resulted in a first attempt to quantify food waste in primary production in the Nordic countries. The project was focused on primary production in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. One purpose has been to test adequate methods for collecting data on food losses and waste from primary producers in the Nordic countries. Another purpose was to estimate the amount of food losses and waste in primary production in the Nordic Countries. In order to collect data and quantify food losses and waste in primary production it was necessary to work on these definitions or possibly introduce new, more useful terms. Thus this project involved defining terms, developing methodologies and quantifying data.



Low-Carbon Circular Transition in the Nordics

Author : Sepponen, Susanna

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 169 pages

File Size : 20,64 MB

Release : 2023-03-08

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9289375132

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Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2023-504/ The Nordic region aims to be a forerunner in the transition to circular economy. This project aimed to find areas, industries, and sectors, and potential in them, important for the circular transition in the Nordics. The barriers for unleashing the potential were also studied.Four areas of industry and two cross-cutting drivers were selected for the study. The bioeconomy, the food and beverage sector, building and construction, and the mobility sector play a prominent role in the Nordic economies. They are also responsible for significant emissions and waste. The drivers – applying new circular business models and better exploiting data/digitalisation – can bring change that holds promise for significant benefits.The study’s results are summed up in a set of recommendations addressing how the barriers can be torn down and how positive impacts of circular transition can be supported.



Preventing Food Waste

Author :

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 20 pages

File Size : 46,94 MB

Release : 2017-06-29

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9289350903

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“The Nordic Region – leading in green growth” is the Nordic Prime Ministers’ green growth initiative under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers. A number of projects have been launched as part of the prime ministers’ green growth initiative that deals with the circular economy. How to reduce food waste in the Nordic Region is one of the areas covered in the projects. The projects have mapped current shortcomings, proposed models for future solutions, and formulated policy recommendations for Nordic collaboration. The results are expected to make a significant contribution to Nordic co-operation in the coming years and have attracted considerable international interest.



Food Waste Management

Author : Elina Närvänen

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 467 pages

File Size : 18,5 MB

Release : 2019-09-03

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3030205614

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This book focuses on the crucial sustainability challenge of reducing food waste at the level of consumer-society. Providing an in-depth, research-based overview of the multifaceted problem, it considers environmental, economic, social and ethical factors. Perspectives included in the book address households, consumers, and organizations, and their role in reducing food waste. Rather than focusing upon the reasons for food waste itself, the chapters develop research-based solutions for the problem, providing a much-needed solution-orientated approach that takes multiple perspectives into account. Chapters 1, 2, 12 and 16 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com





Initiatives on Prevention of Food Waste in the Retail and Wholesale Trades

Author : Nordic Council of Ministers

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 93 pages

File Size : 41,9 MB

Release : 2011-08-31

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9289322527

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This project was initiated by the Nordic Council of Ministers and its waste prevention group. The background to the project is that waste prevention is the highest priority in the waste hierarchy according to the EU Waste Directive. One other reason is the heavily increasing discussions in society on food waste in general. The project has been focusing on amounts of food waste, causes for food waste generation and initiatives to reduce the amounts of food waste from the retail and wholesale sector. Furthermore it gives some recommendations to measures that could be taken to change the present situation.



Food Redistribution in the Nordic Region

Author : Ole Jørgen Hanssen

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 106 pages

File Size : 27,47 MB

Release : 2015-02-02

Category : Food conservation

ISBN : 9289338571

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This report has a focus on waste prevention through redistribution of food to low-income people via charity organisations. Food redistribution can go via national food banks and via direct redistribution, often on a local level. Food banks redistributed about 1,5 mill meals in 2013, and local charity organisations probably 2–3 times more. The regulatory framework for food redistribution is described and discussed. The demand of and potential for redistribution is probably much higher than at present, and the reports points out strategies and measures for how food banks can contribute to secure and further develop. The report is part of the Nordic Prime Ministers’ overall green growth initiative: “The Nordic Region – leading in green growth” – read more in the web magazine “Green Growth the Nordic Way.”



Metrics and Measurement Methods for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Household Food Waste Prevention Interventions

Author : Stine Bordier Hoj

Publisher :

Page : 486 pages

File Size : 21,84 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Recycling (Waste, etc.)

ISBN :

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The amount of food wasted by households in developed countries has reached staggering proportions, with indications that up to a quarter of food brought into the home is subsequently discarded uneaten. In Australia alone, it is estimated that AU$5.2 billion worth of food (AU$616 per household) is thrown away by households each year (Baker et al., 2009). Representing a substantial proportion of total household waste, food waste carries a raft of economic, environmental and social consequences. Among these are the depletion of natural resources, emission of greenhouse gases, costs of municipal waste management, pressure on landfills, and the growing strain on global food systems.