Raising awareness about food waste: Maisto bankas started a new communication campaign
At the end of February, Maisto bankas (FEBA Member in Lithuania) started a communication campaign focussing on the issue of food waste. Entitled “Don’t Feed the Trash Bins”, it aims to raise awareness and educate about the importance of preventing good food from ending up in landfills. According to Eurostat (2020), households are the stage of the […]
Maisto bankas received 258,000 food products during Spring Food Collection
On 15 and 16 March, Maisto bankas (FEBA Member in Lithuania) organised its annual Spring Food Collection in 74 locations across the country, involving 256 charitable organisations and 7,400 volunteers. The Mayors of many Municipalities became ambassadors for this year’s Food Collection, which was directly supported by thousands of Lithuanians who purchased and donated around […]
European Parliament adopts first reading position on Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) Revision
On 13 March 2024 MEPs adopted their first reading position on the proposed revision of the Waste Framework with 514 votes in favour, 20 against and 91 abstentions. The text reflects the report adopted by the ENVI Committee in February: They propose higher binding waste reduction targets to be met at national level by 31 December […]
FOODRUS Final Event
On 13 March 2024 FEBA participated in the final event of the FOODRUS Horizon 2020 Project. FOODRUS was a 3.5-year project coordinated by the University of Deusto, with the objective to limit food losses and waste and to promote resource efficiency across all stages of the agri-food value chain. The project tested 23 circular solutions […]
EU Working Group I 5 March 2024
The second session of the EU Working Group in 2024 was held online on 5 March 2024 and was tended by 15 participants from 11 countries. The session started with a quick overview about the State of Play of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the votes in the European Parliament Committees on the Revision […]
FEBA celebrates International Women’s Day
On 8 March 2024 FEBA celebrates International Women’s Day, by sharing stories from the network. Germany: The first Tafel was founded by Sabine Werth in 1993 as an initiative of the ‘Berliner Women’s Group’. Fast forward to today, almost 31 years later, 60% out of the total 60.000 volunteers are female. That’s around 36.000 women! […]
FEBA’s project on Data Collection and Digital Transformation enters its fourth year
Inviting the entire membership, FEBA organised an online meeting on 29 February to kick off the fourth year of its project on Data Collection and Digital Transformation. 30 participants including representatives from 25 FEBA Members joined to get an overview of the goals and activities foreseen in the course of the next months, which are […]
We are hiring! – Communications Manager
Role: Communications Manager Location: Brussels, based at FEBA’s head office Contract period: Full-time permanent contract Reporting to: The chief executive Salary: €42.000 pa Summary Are you a dynamic and creative individual with a proven track record in effective communications? We are looking for a talented communications manager to join our growing team and help shape […]
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces £15million fund to help farmers redistribute surplus food
The British government will introduce a £15million fund to help farmers redistribute surplus food, preventing millions of meals worth of edible food from going to waste. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the National Farmers Union (NFU) Conference, as part of a commitment to improving food insecurity in the UK. WATCH: […]
Advancing food loss technologies and policies
FEBA participated in the event “Advancing food loss technologies and policies” organized by Competere.eu in collaboration with Trane Technologies, hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels by the Greens/EFA MEP Rosa d’Amato. The round table was attended by MEPs (Rosa D’Amato Verdi/ALE, Salvatore De Meo Ppe, Ines Vaider Ppe), member of the European Commission (Alexandra […]
