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

• What is food waste and why should we care about it?
• Welcome
• Why is food waste important?
• What can be done about food waste?
• Review and reflect
• Making changes - at home and in your community
• Welcome back
• Making changes at home
• Making changes in your community
• Review and reflect
• Making changes at the national level - where you shop and how you vote
• Welcome back
• Changes at supermarkets and other retailers
• Change at the national level
• Review and reflect