ZeroW

ZeroW brings together 46 European partners with the goal of finding new and innovative methods to reduce food loss and waste (FLW). The project aims to contribute to the reduction of food waste, as well as to enhance the sustainability of food supply chains. ZeroW adopts a systematic approach to effectively address the multidimensional issue of food waste. The project wants to demonstrate how scaling up experimental innovations, along with integrating them with appropriate policies, can help to achieve the objectives set by the European Green Deal for 2030.

To minimize FLW, the project includes the following activities:

• Creation of innovative solutions, tested in nine real food supply chains (Living Labs)
• Development of commercial solutions and digital tools that contribute to achieving targets
• Contribute to the ongoing legislative initiatives of the European Commission

Each Living Lab will develop one of the following solutions:

1. FLW monitoring and assessment
2. Sustainable and smart packaging
3. Wasteless greenhouse solutions
4. Mobile Food Valorisation as a service – evaluating and testing the use of a mobile unit to process surplus fruit and vegetable, transforming them into other food products
5. “Ugly” food identification – testing technologies that allow the early identification of foods which are likely to be discarded by consumers solely for aesthetic reasons
6. Data-based production process control
7. Efficient food bank networks
8. FLW valorisation through algae production
9. Informing and nudging consumers

ITL facilitates policy recommendations by making use of connections to the regional government and other public bodies in its network. The Foundation also connects with other projects and initiatives related to FLW reduction and with the regional and international networks, developing synergies with the Emilia-Romagna Regional software. This facilitates the collection and transport of food for a free distribution to charity associations, minimizing food loss.

Lead Partner:

Inlecom Commercial Pathways, IE

Partners:

Wageningen University & Research, NL

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek, NL

Waterford Institute of Technology, IE

BioSense Institute, SRB

Digiotouch OU, EE

Eigen Vermogen van het Instituut voor Landbouw – en Visserijonderzoek – EV ILVO, BE

Safe Food Advocacy Europe, BE

Food & Bio Cluster Denmark, DK

VLTN GCV, BE

Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón, ES

Konnecta Systems Limited, IE

ITC – Inovacijsko tehnološki grozd Murska Sobota, SI

Fondazione Istituto sui Trasporti e la Logistica (ITL), IT

Instituto Tecnológico del Embalaje, Transporte y Logística, ES

Asociatia Transilvania IT, RO

Asociatia Clusterul Agro-Food-Ind Napoca, RO

Fundación Corporación Tecnológica Andaluza, ES

Instituto Andaluz Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera, Alimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica, ES

AgriFood Lithuania DIH, LT

Sintef, NO

Tilburg University, NL

Novamont SpA, IT

Sonae MC – Serviços Partilhados SA, PT

Grupo Empresarial La Caña SL, ES

Multiscan Technologies SL, ES

UAB ART21 , LT

Lietuvos daržovių augintojų asociacija (LDAA), LT

Lietuvos maisto eksportuotojų asociaciją (LitMEA), LT

F6S Network Ireland Limited, IE

Allmicroalgae Natural Products, PT

Universidade do Minho, PT

Institute of Communication and Computer Systems – NTUA, EL

Boerenbond, NL

Openbare Afvalstoffenmaatschappij voor het Vlaamse Gewest – OVAM, BE

ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH, DE

Kmetijsko Gozdarska Zbornica Slovenije Kmetijsko Gozdarski Zavod Murska Sobota, SI

Univerza V Mariboru, SI

Robin Food, IL

Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik e.V., DE

Asociación de Investigación de Industrías Cárnicas del Principado de Asturias, EL

Aves Nobles y Derivados SL, ES

Termoformas de Levante SL, ES

Eroski S. Coop, ES

Voedselbank Limburg, BE

SVZ International BV, NL