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Woodly – made of wood, looks like plastic
23.09.2024
Wood-based substitute material for plastic offers the food industry new sustainable options. Finnish start-up and SAVE FOOD member Woodly supplies wood cellulose polymers for various packaging solutions and products such as reusable cups. The carbon-neutral material is particularly useful in ensuring that bread is hygienically packaged while staying fresh for a long time and looking appetising.
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Artificial intelligence for more process quality
23.08.2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) will play an important part in the future in optimising processes within the food industry. It can lengthen the shelf life of food by allowing precise control of temperature and humidity, for example. AI analyses huge amounts of data in real time in order to guarantee optimum recipes and storage conditions and minimise spoiling.
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Kombucha leather – packaging from the tea lab
25.06.2024
The packaging industry is looking for creative solutions to package food both safely and sustainably. A young team of students and researchers in Istanbul is currently working on prototypes of SCOBY, a leather-like biofilm made from fermented kombucha tea.
pacprocess MEA 2023 - SAVE FOOD Awards
13.12.2023
For the first time, the SAVE FOOD Initiative presented the SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN AWARD EGYPT to exhibitors at pacprocess MEA, which took place in Cairo from 12-14 December.
swop 2023 - SAVE FOOD Awards
30.11.2023
For the first time, the SAVE FOOD Initiative presented the SAVE FOOD DESIGN AWARD and the SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN AWARD CHINA to exhibitors at the Shanghai World of Packaging (swop) 2023.
At Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Istanbul, one project of the SAVE FOOD Initiative is being carried out. (Image: BAU)
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New food packaging from leftover food
12.04.2023
Food production generates a lot of residual material, which is usually not put to use but disposed of. At the same time, there is an increasing demand for alternatives to plastic packaging. Biodegradable and compostable packaging can be a sustainable solution, especially if it is made of leftovers from food production.
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Putting damaged packs to good use
06.12.2019
As one of the largest companies for cereals in the world, the American Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) has been committed to charitable and environmental projects for many years now. Damaged packs of cornflakes have been donated to charitable organisations and cereal waste has been used for making beer since 2019.
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Food losses: More than two billion tons per year in 2030
03.04.2019
According to estimates by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), around a third of all food spoils world-wide – this amounts to 1.3 billion tons annually. By 2030, they expect losses to increase to more than two billion tons per year. Innovative industrial and societal solutions can help counter this negative trend.
Avoiding Food Losses and Waste
03.07.2018
One third of all food produced for human consumption gets lost or is wasted. Various initiatives around the world show how this can be combated with the right ideas, modern technology and, above all, with joint forces.Reducing food losses means improving the climate
22.11.2016
4 November was a crucial date, as this is when the Global Climate Treaty entered into force, an agreement which had been decided upon only a year earlier, in Paris, by over 190 countries.