From Waste to Value: How to Tackle Food Waste

Explore how combatting food waste and food loss can help the environment

Please note that a Spanish version of the course can be found here.

The significant contribution the food system makes to climate change is widely recognised, and consumers are increasingly concerned about food waste.

On this course, you’ll explore how you – as a consumer – can act and inspire others to reduce food waste effectively and sustainably. You’ll learn what food waste is, and why it matters, and gain practical information on how to be an agent of change both personally and politically.

You’ll discover how the circular economy provides a framework for discovering solutions to this issue, and hear from companies that are making a difference.

This course would appeal to environmentally conscious citizens who are worried about the way the Earth’s resources are currently being used and want to get a better understanding of the problem in order to take action to tackle it.

This would include employees in the food sector, restaurant owners and chefs, and concerned consumers.

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on sustainable food production and circular economy principles:

• Explore How Farmers Produce Food Sustainably
• Farm to Fork: Sustainable Food Production in a Changing Environment
• Circular Business Models for Sustainable Urban Food Systems
• Introduction to Food Science
• Trust in Our Food: Understanding Food Supply Systems

This course would appeal to environmentally conscious citizens who are worried about the way the Earth’s resources are currently being used and want to get a better understanding of the problem in order to take action to tackle it.

This would include employees in the food sector, restaurant owners and chefs, and concerned consumers.

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge on this topic, you might also find of interest the following EIT Food courses on sustainable food production and circular economy principles:

• Explore How Farmers Produce Food Sustainably
• Farm to Fork: Sustainable Food Production in a Changing Environment
• Circular Business Models for Sustainable Urban Food Systems
• Introduction to Food Science
• Trust in Our Food: Understanding Food Supply Systems

• Assess the causes of food loss and food waste and assess the effect on the planet in terms of food security, sustainability and climate change
• Reflect on how changes in the way we shop, cook and store food can help reduce food waste
• Compare the practices of different retailers and discover the innovations that are helping them to reduce waste
• Explore your own personal contribution to the problem and solutions offered by waste hierarchy and the circular economy
• Debate how to produce actionable changes that can make an impact on your own community
• Synthesise the policies of national governments and the EU and help improve the sustainability of the food system in your country