Wasteless at Campus Festival
Between 21th and 24th of July, the National Food Chain Safety Office took part as an exhibitor at the Campus festival. The music festival was held in Debrecen – which is the second biggest city after the capital of Hungary – and it was visited by 87,000 people during...
Team Wasteless in a scientific conference
This year, from the 23th to 25th of June, the International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management was organised for the 8th time, where experts in the field of solid waste management presented their latest results. Atilla Kunszabó from Wasteless team introduced the findings of his diploma thesis. ...
Wasteless: virtual lesson in ‘Fészek’ Waldorf School, Solymár
Within the framework of Sustainability Thematic Week*, the students of 12th grade of Fészek Waldorf Iskola, Gimnázium és Alapfokú Művészeti Iskola, Solymár joined in an online lesson focusing on the sustainable consumption. This subject was explored with the support of the Wasteless’ group of Nébih. The virtual lesson plan...
Diversified school gardens – Preservation of cultural traditions and natural values
School gardens, dating back many centuries in Hungary, are one of the most complex tools of education for sustainable development and environmental education. Throughout their long history, school gardens were sometimes popular, sometimes unbeloved elements of education. Over the past decade more and more school gardens have been established...
The wrapped truth: Nébih Round table about single-use plastic packaging
The reduction of single-use plastic packaging was the subject of the 6th Roundtable of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) on March 25, 2021. In addition to the representatives from the food industry, retail, catering and national authority, experts in the field of packaging technology also participated the...
New Hungarian data: Food waste decreased in households by 4 percent
On the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste the National Food Chain Safety Office published the results of the most recent Hungarian household food waste measurement, which was conducted in the end of 2019 involving 165 households. Research methodology was based on the EU...
Food stockpiling giude for consumers
The Wasteless programme published a food stockpiling guide for consumers, in relation to the pandemic situation. The guide gives hints about importance of a maximum of two-weeks food reserve, its optimal amount and composition considering an average adult’s nutritional needs, and also provides useful tips about preventing food waste. The...
Which habits should be targeted for food waste reduction? – New research in the field
The research team of the Wasteless programme published a study which aimed to explore behavioural patterns behind household food waste with partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results show that the main reason for food wastage is consumer habit in field of food handling and preparation, which underlines...
Donation of surplus food: Half a ton of food have been saved from COVID food reserves
The COVID-19 epidemic has been resulted in the hoarding of food reserves in many households. For this reason the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) and the Hungarian Food Bank Association has established a possibility for the public for donation of the surplus food. During the action 576 kg...
New website for educational materials
The National Food Chain Safety Office’s educational materials have been collected on a new website, available at: nebihoktatas.hu. On this page, the teachers can easily find the existing materials for children of age 4-14 in form of children’s books, audios, animations, editable presentations, games, guide for pedagogues, aiming at food...