New EEA report on food waste prevention measures across the EU

While prevention measures are gaining momentum, more effective efforts at national level are needed to tackle the huge problem of food waste according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report released this week. The assessment gives an update on waste prevention measures across the EU. Preventing food waste is both urgent and necessary, given the … Continue reading New EEA report on food waste prevention measures across the EU →

What is waste in human life only remains so if it cannot be reused or reconfigured for human ends or absorbed by nature

In an article on The Conversation website, John Scanlan, Research Fellow in Place and Culture, University of Central Lancashire discusses waste, as a thing, an idea, a problem, is always wholly determined from a human standpoint. He refers to his recent book on the topic. Waste is both an enduring material consequence of human activity … Continue reading What is waste in human life only remains so if it cannot be reused or reconfigured for human ends or absorbed by nature →