On the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW), the Liaison Offices of FAO and UNEP in Brussels visited SOCITY BXL, a local non-profit led by young entrepreneurs passionate about sustainable food. SOCITY rescues unsold organic and bio food from partners such...

Georgian changemaker’s fight for food security turns surplus into sustenance and waste into hope.

Launched under the patronage of First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Türkiye’s Zero Waste initiative marked its eighth anniversary this week, celebrated as a homegrown environmental project that has grown into a global movement recognized by the United Nations.

The updated legislation will introduce binding food waste reduction targets, to be met at national level by 31 December 2030: 10% from food processing and manufacturing and 30% per capita from retail, restaurants, food services and households.

Under the banner Sustainable Transformation of Municipal Markets in Panama: Circular Economy and Zero Waste, the initiative is reimagining markets as spaces where waste is turned into value—recovering, recycling, and reinvesting back into the community.