Food waste in focus

Food waste in focus

Offering recipes using wasted food items are students (from left) Cassie Anderson, Akisha Nonis, Hannah Lawson and Xiaochen Liu. PHOTO: STEPHANIE MCLEOD A recent event highlighted the challenge of reducing food waste.

60 million tons of food are wasted every year in the European Union, equivalent to 132 kilos per person, according to data from the European Commission. Food waste represents an annual cost of 132 billion euros in Europe, according to FAO. Labels use their own technologies such as Addvibe and Stint. Photo by Oscillum Given the growing concern about food waste in Europe, a group of young Spanish entrepreneurs have found a solution that promises t…