Dossier: Food waste

Een van de grootste boosdoeners van voedselverspilling is de ‘tenminste houdbaar tot’-datum. Consumenten denken vaak, ten onrechte, dat die datum iets zegt over de voedselveiligheid. Tot aan de tht-datum garandeert de fabrikant de kwaliteit (smaak, textuur, geur, kleur). Ook na die tijd zijn voedingsmiddelen vaak nog prima eetbaar.

Meer eten inkopen dan nodig en te veel eten klaarmaken leiden ook tot veel verspilling.

Dit dossier bevat artikelen en video’s van Resource over voedselverspilling.

• 288 heads of lettuce for food bank

  Science – 12 February 2019 09:00-Together with his colleagues, WUR PhD candidate Luuk Graamans has been growing lettuce in climate cells to determine whether lettuce can thrive in…

• Waste affects attitudes to a brand

  Science – 21 December 2018 11:03-Did you throw out half a tub of potato salad or an open packet of biscuits? Then there’s a good chance your attitude to this food product is…

• Cooking contest with leftovers

  Science – 21 December 2018 10:13-Cook something creative with leftovers. That is the task in the ‘Less together’ (samen minder) contest, which kicked off on Tuesday 18…

• Discarded food in canteens to be weighed

  Organisation – 22 November 2018 10:40-This week and next, students will be standing next to the waste bins in the WUR canteens to help people sort their waste properly. They are helping…

• Smash your trash!

  Student – 17 August 2018 16:08-Four ways we make sure the AID is sustainable

• First waste shelf in the Netherlands to be launched in Wageningen

  Science – 16 March 2018 13:30-Next Tuesday, the first ‘Verspilling is Verrukkelijk’ (‘Waste is Scrumptious’) shelf will be inaugurated at Jumbo Verberne in…

• No good alternative for killing male chicks

  Science – 08 February 2018 12:42-Around 40 million one-day-old chicks are killed every year in the Netherlands. There are alternatives, but no one option gets overwhelming support…

• Food Symposium

  Science – 28 September 2017 11:33-The debate got going and the microphone flew around the room at the Food Symposium on Saturday 23 September.

• Research agenda to improve food system

  Science – 20 September 2017 08:00-The second Mansholt lecture, on 20 September in Brussels, will be all about sustainable production of healthy food. In this lecture, WUR will explain…

• New research facility Phenomea finished

  Science – 12 July 2017 12:00-How can one make apples in storage last as long as possible? And how does one provide ripe avocados all year round? These are the type of questions…

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