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New emissions rules for pig and poultry farms

The European Commission adopted common emissions rules for large pig and poultry farms. Animal nutrition, manure management, and housing are central to the new requirements. These aim to reduce emissions and cut unnecess..

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Flevosap as good as new thanks to renovation

20 June 2022

When you drink apple juice, it should only be the apple that you taste. It is exactly that pure taste that the people behind the Flevosap brand are working for every day; in their own orchards in Biddinghuizen and at the...

Troostwijk: a second life for equipment

20 June 2022

Machines that would end up in the shredder or in storage after a renovation or new construction can often still be of excellent use elsewhere. Through online auctions, a lot of equipment finds a second life. And that bri...

Renewi invests in recycling for expired products

17 June 2022

Renewi Organics has commissioned a new expired products (ODP) installation at its Amsterdam site. The new ODP line processes faster and more materials. This installation receives and processes the over-dated products and...

A bit of insect in your pasta, why not?

17 June 2022

Insects are a good alternative to high-quality proteins. In the European SUSINCHAIN (Sustainable Insect Chain) project WUR researcher Teun Veldkamp explores the options for incorporating insects in animal feed and food d...

Cargill transforms food waste into biofuel

17 June 2022

In a move aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting circular fuel possibilities, Cargill has completed its first state-of-the-art advanced biodiesel plant in Ghent, Belgium which converts waste oils and re...

WUR: Revision of dietary guidelines necessary

16 June 2022

Dietary guidelines issued by national governments aim to set a roadmap for healthy living. But a new international study published in Lancet Planetary Health challenges national dietary guidelines assessments to include ...

Cif winner of the Afvalfonds Packaging Awards

13 June 2022

On Friday 10 June 2022, nine awards were presented at the Bomencentrum in Baarn during the first edition of the Afvalfonds Packaging Awards. Unilever won the overall prize with its refill packaging for Cif. In addition, ...

Less meat purchases due to price increase

13 June 2022

Increasing the price of meat in combination with information about the environmental damage caused by meat production and what people can do about it, results in a household buying 36% less meat per week. This has been s...

Too Good To Go saves 5 million meals in 2021

09 June 2022

Recently Too Good To Go published its second annual Impact Report. Worldwide 52 million meals were saved through the Too Good To Go-app. The success in the Netherlands is remarkable. The company managed to save 5,234,897...

Effectively saving energy in steam production

07 June 2022

It is perhaps more relevant than ever: how do you save energy in the production process? Steam is a very common energy carrier in industry and most of it is generated from gas. As much as 75% of the potential energy savi...

Advanced recycling for packaging waste

07 June 2022

The Dutch Packaging Waste Fund Foundation (Afvalfonds Verpakkingen) and Nedvang work together to enable advanced recycling of packaging waste. In this context, the Dutch Packaging Waste Fund and Nedvang concluded a coope...

Harmful pesticides on fruit and vegetables increased

02 June 2022

European citizens have been exposed to a dramatic rise in the frequency and intensity of residues of the most toxic pesticides on fruits and vegetables sold in the EU, according to a report by PAN Europe. The report cont...

WWF: 'Europe should produce less food'

24 May 2022

The EU imports vastly more food than it exports and our food consumption has a detrimental impact on the planet – but there is appetite for change. Despite being the world's largest exporter of agri-food products in e...

Inflation blocks sustainability in food sector

24 May 2022

In the coming years, food companies must do more to improve working conditions in international supply chains and to limit environmental damage, due to legislation. At the same time, there is a lot of pressure from custo...

Cooperation Sustainable Frites Chain extended by 3 years

24 May 2022

Since March 2019, the Province of South Holland, Wageningen Environmental Research, HAS University of Applied Sciences and French fries producer Farm Frites have been working together in the Green Circle 'Sustainable Fri...