In the EU, an estimated 20% of the total food produced is lost or wasted (Eurostat, 2016), while 33 million people can not afford a quality meal every second day (Eurostat, 2018). Moreover, households generate more than half of the total food waste in the EU (47 million tonnes) with 70% of food waste arising at household, food service and retail (Eurostat, 2016). ZEROWASTE is a 2-year European project that aims to raise awareness among school childrem, teachers, staff and their families regarding food waste issues and introduce good practices that are conducive for food waste reduction with a long-term impact.
ZEROWASTE project will focus on:
- Covering the school on the secondary level of education needs for actions for proper food management and reduction of food waste
- introduce the problem of food waste.
- the raise of awareness for food waste.
- the education of the target groups in order to be the transmitters for a new way of life based on the proper management of the daily food consumption and the elimination of food waste with the motto ‘use wisely, reduce, recycle’.
- prevention of food waste and protect environment