Reducción de Desechos, Valorización

La Asociación de Comerciantes Europeos de Patata, Europatat, ha mostrado su respaldo a la estrategia 'De la granja a la mesa' presentada el 20 de mayo por el vicepresidente de la Comisión Europea, Frans Timmermans, que establece medidas regulatorias y no regulatorias para hacer del sistema alimentario de la UE un estándar global para la sostenibilidad.

For the past 70 years, Marcelissen Venlo BV has been a family business where tradition, craftsmanship and innovation went hand in hand. Guus Treuen has been employed at Marcelissen since 1976.

The scale of the global food waste problem is staggering. According to reports, 1.6 billion tons of food are lost or wasted every year, equating to a total value of $1.2 trillion being wiped from the supply chain.

EU should commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the UN Conference, says Parliament.

Nicolai Prytz, director de sostenibilidad y estrategia de TOMRA, ha analizado cómo empresas, consumidores y autoridades pueden ayudar a hacer que el futuro de los alimentos sea un futuro sostenible.

Earlier this year, Tom Brooijmans started working as New Business Manager at Novidon. In this new role Tom will work on new business development projects and new innovative products.

TOMRA Food sobre el problema del desperdicio de alimento que se extiende por todos los eslabones de la cadena de suministro y todos los lugares del planeta.

The Service Public de Wallonie has granted a building permit for 'Mydibel Fresh', a new plant in Mouscron for the production of chilled french fries. The construction of Mydibel Fresh is part of the company’s strategy of sustainable development.

Recently, biogas plant builder WELTEC BIOPOWER completed a biomethane plant for ALTHO, a French manufacturer of potato chips in St. Gérand, Brittany.

Los supermercados del futuro cercano tendrán sus modelos de negocio remodelados radicalmente por las innovaciones en las tiendas, en línea y en la cadena de suministro de la industria alimentaria.

Stefan Ranstrand, TOMRA’s President and Chief Executive Officer, chose Fruit Logistica 2019 to give a speech on TOMRA Food’s exhibition stand about the company’s unique offering, values, and future aspirations.

Lamb Weston / Meijer announced the investment in a new factory for its Ambient Potato Business, the production of dehydrated potato products.

The European Commission has set an EU-wide objective for all packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2030. However there is no easy packaging solution (yet) for manufacturers of potato chips.

Readers of The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom have been opening their weekend paper to find supplements wrapped in a compostable material made from potato starch.

Walkers is launching the first nationwide recycling scheme for potato chips bags, locally known as crisp packets. Working with recyclers, TerraCycle, the scheme will tap into an established network of recycling collection points around the UK.

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces the newest automatic defect removal system for potato strips – ADR EXOS™ – at Interpom booth #257.

Potato chips manufacturer Walkers - a subsidiary of Pepsico - starts a recycling effort for potato chips bags in the United Kingdom after consumer protests.

McDonald’s restaurants in the UK and Ireland will complete transition to paper straws in 2019; In Belgium the QSR chain is testing alternatives to plastic straws and trials are planned in the United States, France, Sweden, Norway and Australia later this year.