Resource efficiency: Reducing food waste, improving food safety
At a Glance
10-05-2017
As part of its action plan on the circular economy, the EU is aiming to give substance to a more efficient use of resources by reducing food waste and increasing food security. The European Parliament is due to vote in May 2017 on an own-initiative report proposing measures to cut the 88 million tonnes of edible food wasted annually in the EU by half by 2030.
At a Glance
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- AGRI-FOODSTUFFS
- aid to disadvantaged groups
- consumer behaviour
- consumption
- deterioration of the environment
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- fight against wastage
- FINANCE
- food consumption
- food waste
- foodstuff
- foodstuff
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- self-sufficiency in food
- social protection
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- tax exemption
- taxation
- TRADE
- VAT
- waste management