In this two-day webinar funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers and hosted by Livsmedelsverket speakers from the Nordic countries will share short presentations on recent research and development on:
- How behaviours and attitudes towards food waste can be changed
- The causes of food waste
- Which interventions have proved most efficient.
The webinar is open for everyone who is interested in reducing food waste.
Date
21 January 12.30 - 16.30 CET and 22 January 9.00 - approx. 12.00 CET
Registration
Register below to receive a calendar invitation. Links to the webinar will also be published on this page in January. If you have any questions contact matsvinn@slv.se.
Program/speakers
Day 1 - 21/1
12.30 Intro
12:45 Valerie Lengard Almli (NO)
Food waste behaviour depends on personality and environmental attitudes
12:55 Karin Östergren (SE)
From Challenge to Change: Understanding and Reducing the Environmental Impact of Food Waste in Sweden
13.05 Jørgen Dejgård Jensen (DK)
Food Waste Prevention and Economic Incentives to Redistribute Surplus
Foods from Food Retailing
13:15 Break
13:25 Niklas Neuman (SE)
"Near-expiry discounts in retail: waste reduction or waste reallocation?"
13:35 Emilie Bossen (DK)
Reducing Food Waste in Danish Canteens
13:45 Mattias Eriksson (SE)
Evaluating measures to reduce food waste in public catering
13:55 Bent Egberg Mikkelsen (DK)
"Reducing food waste in the Climate Generation – insights from school food service and classroom interventions in schools in the Öresund Metropolitan area"
14:05 Break
14:15 Elisabeth Skarðhamar Olsen & Jens Ivan (FO)
Reflections on the state of food waste in the Faroe Islands and what kind of research is needed to support its reduction”
14:35 Annelise de Jong (SE)
"Unpacking the Problem, Interventions and Impacts to Rescue Food Waste from Bundled Products"
14:45 Hanna Hartikainen (FI)
Evidence-based pathways to enhance consumer behaviors for food waste reduction
14:55 Break
15:05 Helen Williams (SE)
Does Packaging Waste Food—or Save It?
15:20 Violeta Stancu (DK)
"Food waste reduction tools at the household level"
15:30 Nina Mesiranta (FI)
"Interventions to reduce food waste in households - insights from LOWINFOOD and CARE projects"
15:40 Ingrid Strid (SE)
"Loss of beef at farm level: how much, why and possible mitigation measures"
15:50 Break
16:00 Kamran Rousta och Pedro Brancoli (SE)
Tailored strategies to prevent food waste: Context-specific interventions in institutional kitchens
16:10 Sigrid Møyner Hohle (NO)
Reducing household food waste: Key habits and preferred industry measures among Norwegian consumers
16:20 Amanda Sjölund (SE)
Insights from detailed monitoring of household food waste
16:30 Closing remarks
Day 2 - 22/1
09:00 Intro
09:15 Liisa Lähteenmäki (DK)
"Do date marks promote food waste in Denmark"
09:25 Kristine Myhrer Svartebekk (NO)
"Too Good to Waste! Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of a Leftover Meals
Intervention Program on Household Dinner Food Waste Reduction"
09:35 Niina Sundin (SE)
"Preventing Food Waste while Supporting Vulnerable Groups: From Redistribution through Social Supermarkets to Interventions in Elderly and Social Care Units"
09:45 Break
09:55 Maria Nehme O´Neill (SE)
Every Meal Matters: West Sweden’s Recipe for Cutting Food Waste in Public Kitchens
10.05 Anlaug Ådland Hansen (NO)
“Packaging and storage conditions to extend shelf life and prevent food waste”
10:15 Jóhannes Bjarki Urbancic Tómasson (ISL)
Food waste in Fishland – ohh, sorry, I mean Iceland!"
10:35 Ana Karina Carvajal (NO)
"Mapping the food loss and waste in the seafood industry in Norway"
10:45 Break
10:55 Andreas Myklebust Moksnes (NO)
Food waste in the fruit and vegetables sector at producer level in Norway
11:05 Davood Khodadad (SE)
Biospeckle Displacement Analysis for the Assessment of Fruit Quality
11:15 Taran Skjerdal (NO)
Trade offs between food waste reduction and food safety of ready-to-eat products
11:25 Break
11:30 Inkeri Riipi (FI)
"Food Waste Data in the Finnish Retail Sector – A Seven-Year Perspective".
11:40 Claudia Giordano (FI)
Food waste data reporting to Eurostat: current state and challenges
11:50 Elvira Molin (SE)
"Bloody good for the planet and your iron uptake"
12:00 Closing remarks
The webinar will be held in English. Please note that data on amounts of edible food waste and methods for data collection are beyond the scope of this particular conference.
About the Nordic Platform for Reduced Food Loss and Waste
The Nordic Platform for Reduced Food Loss and Waste is a collaboration between ministries and authorities in the Nordic countries, aimed at reducing food loss and waste by exchanging experiences and sharing best practices. The platform is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, and the Swedish Food Agency serves as the secretariat for the platform from 2025 to 2027. This webinar is carried out under the umbrella of the Nordic Platform for Reduced Food Loss and Waste.
