Purpose:
Luke is proactively building up a food waste measurement and monitoring system in Finland together with a food waste prevention roadmap. In 2018 Luke researchers, key ministries, food industry, retail and the restaurant and hospitality sector, and other key stakeholders of the food chain have decided on active collaboration along the food chain to measure and reduce food waste in Finland.
Impact:
After the project, we understand better the current amount of food waste and we can monitor that year by year. Furthermore, the system acts as a basis of Finnish food waste reporting to the European Commission. The ultimate goal is to lower food waste by initiating actions raised by national food waste road map.