{"id":21681,"date":"2023-03-13T09:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T08:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naider.com\/naiderlab\/euskadi-se-posiciona-mejor-que-la-media-europea-en-despilfarro-alimentario-pero-queda-margen-de-mejora-para-los-proximos-anos\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T11:38:20","slug":"the-basque-country-is-positioned-better-than-the-european-average-in-food-waste-but-there-is-room-for-improvement-for-the-coming-years","status":"publish","type":"naiderlab","link":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/naiderlab\/knowledge\/data\/the-basque-country-is-positioned-better-than-the-european-average-in-food-waste-but-there-is-room-for-improvement-for-the-coming-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basque Country is positioned better than the European average in food waste, but there is room for improvement for the coming years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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More than half of food waste is produced in Basque homes, according to a 2022 study by the Basque Government’s Vice-Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy, through the Elika Foundation.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A new study <\/a>pioneering in Spain has calculated the food waste of the entire agri-food chain in the Basque Country based on the methodology established by the European Commission (Decision 2019\/1597).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this work carried out by the Basque Government’s Vice Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy through the Elika Foundation, food waste throughout the entire agri-food chain has been estimated at 244,362 t\/year by 2021 ( 111 kg\/year per person), including both edible and inedible parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This amount is significantly lower than the European average, which according to Eurostat <\/a> is estimated at 127 kg\/person\u00b7year, for the latest available year (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, it can be seen that 57% comes from Basque households (63.5 kg\/year per capita), of which 28% corresponds to edible parts of food. If reference is made to “Potentially Usable Materials”(1)<\/sup> in the production and transformation phases, the figure reaches 232,197 t\/year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the Basque Country has significant potential for improvement to achieve a 50% reduction in food waste by 2030, in line with the goals proposed in the Basque Green Deal and SDG 12.3, as well as with the new < a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapa.gob.es\/es\/prensa\/220607cmleydesperdicioalimentariook_tcm30-620821.pdf\">Law for the Prevention of Food Losses and Waste.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1)<\/sup>\u00a0 Identified flows that fall outside the concept of food waste, but are considered of interest due to their opportunities for use according to the Basque strategy against food waste.<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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