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Tougher regulations for recyclable packaging in the EU

The Parliament has recently adopted new measures to reduce the environmental impact of packaging. These measures aim to significantly decrease packaging waste across the EU and further promote the principles of the circu..

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FNLI: Climate agreement not industry-wide

03 July 2019

The FNLI is very concerned about the climate agreement that was presented on Friday 28 June. It is a political agreement but certainly not yet supported by industry. It lacks a connection with the practice of our industr...

Less waste with smaller legumes

02 July 2019

Smaller households need smaller vegetables in order to waste less food. The demand for organic and unpackaged vegetables is also growing. This study by The Greenery, a fruit and vegetable distributor, and Rijk Zwaan, a v...

FutureGoods on the shelves at Lidl

01 July 2019

Insects, granola with mealworm powder, seaweed wraps, vegan ice cream and rescue food. As of 27 June, Lidl, the supermarket chain, in collaboration with incubator StartLife, will organise the 'FutureGoods' theme week. Fo...

Stixfresh: longer shelf life for fruit

01 July 2019

StixFresh produces stickers that protect fruit against fungal infections. The natural components in the sticker create a protective layer around apples, pears, mangos and other citrus fruits. The American company sets up...

AH pleads for Nutri-score

01 July 2019

Starting this summer, online customers will find the Nutri-Score logo on all Albert Heijn private label products in the ah.nl webshop. Albert Heijn no longer waits for the government to decide on a food choice logo, but ...

Demand for climate-neutral packaging increases

26 June 2019

Sustainability is more topical than ever. Supermarkets also have sustainability high on their agenda, consumers are asking more and more critical questions and the packaging material is under a magnifying glass. The Dutc...

Crop protection for fruit and vegetables decreased

24 June 2019

The number of fruit and vegetable products that contain more crop protection agents than legally permitted has continued to decline. In the period from 2003 to 2010 there was already a decrease. This decline continued be...

Halving food waste 2030. How?

21 June 2019

The government has set itself the target of reducing food waste by 50% by 2030. In order to achieve this goal, it is now up to the consumer, as the biggest waste, to make the move, says ABN AMRO on the basis of recent re...

2040: Meat makes way for alternatives

18 June 2019

Meat alternatives have the potential to disrupt the global meat industry to the tune of many billions of dollars. However, the key questions are which of these new products can be most disruptive, what are the resulting ...

ANF: A shift to strong agriculture

18 June 2019

The transition to recycled agriculture is receiving a major boost. In order to remove obstacles that stand in the way of innovation, recycling farmers will be allocated experimental areas. The transition to a strong and ...

Jumbo makes sustainable bottles

17 June 2019

Jumbo is switching to using more sustainable bottles for all its fresh juices. This week, the popular 1 litre bottle of fresh orange juice will appear on the Jumbo shelf with this environmentally friendly packaging. This...

Vivera continues veggie market

11 June 2019

After the sale of the meat company Enkco, Vivera Foodgroup and the remaining business units Vivera, Culifrost and Dutch Tofu Company will enter a meat-free future. The new group focuses entirely on the vegetable market. ...

‘Technically, (almost) everything is already possible’

10 June 2019

Prof.dr.ir Andy van den Dobbelsteen has been professor of Climate Design & Sustainability at TU Delft for 10 years now. The Climate Design & Sustainability chair is close to the technical side of engineering. His...

Billions of years of innovation for free

10 June 2019

Biomimicry (biomimics - from the Greek 'bios' (life) and 'mimesis' (imitation)) is the science that stands for learning from nature. Still a relatively unknown concept in the Netherlands, but fully embraced abroad. Large...

New Construction

10 June 2019

The Dutch construction sector is doing well, and the food sector is following suit. New laws and regulations are an incentive for investments. Because everything needs to be more sustainable, better quality, gasless, mor...