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To mark the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September, the Wasteless Program in Hungary...

The Wasteless Afternoon was held at Millenáris-Széllkapu Park in Budapest on 18 September 2026, marking the 10th anniversary of the...

The Educational Programme of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) has expanded its educational toolkit with a new discussion-based...

Since 2016, the Hungarian National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) has been monitoring the amount of food waste generated in...

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Hungary’s food waste prevention programme Wasteless has launched a travelling outdoor exhibition showcasing creative works...

As part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, the Hungarian food waste prevention programme, Wasteless launched a nationwide mascot design competition...

The warm spring weather and the Easter celebrations bring the joy of gathering around the table, and the comfort of...

The key to wasteless shopping is buying only what we truly need and being realistic about quantities. We don’t have...

What if one small habit could help you cut down on food waste while also saving time and money? Weekly...

To mark the 10th anniversary of its Wasteless programme, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) is launching a nationwide...

This year, we are making the holiday season easier with a food portion calculator, developed with the professional support of...

In spring 2025, the Wasteless programme launched its first national story writing competition, “A Bite-Sized Tale: Wasteless Stories”, with the...

The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) has been monitoring food waste generated in the Hungarian households for eight years....

A significant amount of bakery products goes to waste every single day. In Europe, nearly 300 slices of bread are...

Project Wasteless has published a new guide focusing on sustainable eating habits and waste-free cooking. The guide, called Wasteless meal...

Did you know that it’s not necessary to take extreme measures to reduce food waste? The tiniest changes can have...

Like in the past, Nébih’s Education and Wasteless programmes were delighted to join the 2025 Sustainability Week. At the end...

A story writing competition launched by the Hungarian National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) For the first time, the National...

In our fast-paced world, with so much to do and so much stress, we often have only a few minutes...

This year, the National Food Chain Safety Office’s (Nébih) Project Wasteless initiative has prepared a special guide for Marriage Week....

We are very proud that Project Wasteless by Nébih has been rewarded with 1st place in the Hungarian awards for...

During the European Week for Waste Reduction, we aimed to bring the topic of food waste to various age groups...

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is the largest Europe-wide initiative promoting awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management during a single week....

Hungary is committed to significantly reducing food waste at every level of the supply chain, said István Nagy, Hungarian Minister...

The years-long downward trend in food waste has been broken, according to the latest research from the Wasteless programme. The...

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The Nébih Education Program team held an educational program for children at the Mátra Sástó Camping in a true camp...

The partners of the FOODRUS and CO-FRESH projects held their final events in Brussels this week, exploring and discussing their...

The partners of the FOODRUS and CO-FRESH projects held their final events in Brussels this week, exploring and discussing their...

The partners of the FOODRUS and CO-FRESH projects held their final events in Brussels this week, exploring and discussing their...

Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary with Project Wasteless belongs to the National Food Chain Safety Office organised a conference to...

Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary with Project Wasteless belongs to the National Food Chain Safety Office organised a conference to...

The EU-funded Hungarian SMP-FOOD-2022-FoodWaste-NCA project recently organised a workshop on measuring and reducing food waste in the catering sector, involving...

Project Wasteless has launched a refrigeration guide to help consumers store food safely and sustainably. To mark the publication, readers...

Project Wasteless has measured the amount of Hungarian household food waste in 2022. The data show a reduction and a...

The annual drawing competition of Project Wasteless “Granny Says” revealed that children learn plenty waste reduction practices from their grandparents. Best...

Food waste is one of the most significant sustainability issues, raising not only environmental but also moral and economic questions....

Bakery products rank as the third most wasted food category in Hungarian households, making it a top priority to encourage...

Pannon University organized the “Earth – Water – Air” interactive adventure tour in honor of Jane Goodall’s visit, where elementary...

Food is a strong family bond in Hungarian housholds, which the Project Wasteless utilizes by announcing a drawing contest this...

The European Commission recognizes and rewards the most innovative, inspiring, and effective projects supported by the LIFE Framework Programme every...

This Easter, the Project Wasteless, the national food waste prevention programme of Hungary is launching its Easter Greening competition again....

Did you know that fruits and vegetables are among the most wasted food stuffs? They often end up in the...

We collected 7+1 moments from 2022 which were important to us for some reason. Enjoy the gallery with our favourite...

  Eurostat’s latest report is available, which shows that almost 57 million tonnes of food (127 kg per capita) is...

Project Wasteless’ visit at Univeresity of Deusto in Bilbao Researchers from the European project FOODRUS, which aims to develop an...

We opened a street exhibition of artworks on the theme of food waste on 30 August 2022 in the centre...

  Lidl Hungary’s educational programme, with the professional support of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), drew the attention...

The Nébih Education Programme has had a successful school year, launching its first national ambassador programme for the 2021/2022 school...

The team of Nébih’s Educational Programme was invited to the professional jury of the contest organised for 2022 Sustainability Week. The aim...

  Roundtable on sustainable consumption at Gárdonyi High School in Érd   A sustainability event organised by the Municipality of...

  Hungarian households waste 300 000 tonnes of food every year, enough to feed half a million people for a...

  Schoolchildren and their teachers from the Carpathian Basin can participate in the Sustainability Theme Week programmes, which will be...

  The Catering and Sustainability conference was organized on March 3, 2022 at Hungexpo, organized by the National Association of...

  According to the data food waste generated by the Hungarian households was estimated to be 65.5 kg per capita...

  Wasteless, Nebih’s food waste prevention programme, turned five in 2021. The celebration was scheduled for 29 September, for the...

  This year, Wasteless is joining Galgamenti Népfőiskola and Humusz Szövetség as a co-organiser of the Compost Festival. The call,...

  Wasteless as an exhibitor participated in TEDxDanubia Countdown which took place in Vígszínház in Budapest, on 20 September 2021....

  Between 21th and 24th of July, the National Food Chain Safety Office took part as an exhibitor at the...

  This year, from the 23th to 25th of June, the International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management was organised...

  Within the framework of Sustainability Thematic Week*, the students of 12th grade of Fészek Waldorf Iskola, Gimnázium és Alapfokú...

  School gardens, dating back many centuries in Hungary, are one of the most complex tools of education for sustainable...

  The reduction of single-use plastic packaging was the subject of the 6th Roundtable of the National Food Chain Safety...

An innovative collaborative circular food system to reduce food waste and losses in the agri-food chain One of the innovative...

On the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste the National Food Chain Safety Office...

The Wasteless programme published a food stockpiling guide for consumers, in relation to the pandemic situation. The guide gives hints...

The research team of the Wasteless programme published a study which aimed to explore behavioural patterns behind household food waste...

  The COVID-19 epidemic has been resulted in the hoarding of food reserves in many households. For this reason the...

  The National Food Chain Safety Office’s educational materials have been collected on a new website, available at: nebihoktatas.hu. On this...

  Due to measures taken to restrict the epidemic, children are not allowed to attend schools, thus the classic school...

  The team Wasteless was invited by EASME to exhibit at Ecomondo, the largest Western European green technology expo of...

  On the 10th of May, 2019 the Team Wasteless participated at the Conference of Refresh – one of the...

  On 13th of June, 2019 the Team Wasteless travelled to Berlin in order to participate at the REFOWAS: Food Waste...

  Between the 26th and 28th of June 2019, Team Wasteless participated in the Heraklion conference, Greece, presenting the results...

  Food waste related environmental, economic and social issues had been discussed by industry, retail, catering, government, and NGO representatives...

  Wasteless had the opportunity to introduce the food waste situation in Hungary and give a speech on the topic,...

  Our last camp experience was gained within the ‘NFCSO family’, as we had the possibility to participate in the...

  On a hot early summer day Team Wasteless conquered a small town in the Great Hungarian Plain.   Although...

  Between 18th and 24th of June 2018, a one week thematic summer camp was organized by NFCSO’s programme, Wasteless....

  The awareness-raising Student’s Book of Wasteless was published in electronic form in Spring 2018, with the aim of introducing...

  The last Wasteless lessons of this semester were held on 28 May in the Medgyessy Ferenc German Nationality Elementary...

  In the frame of the Sustainibility Week, experts of NFCSO visited Molnár Ferenc Bilingual Primary School again in the...

  On 23th of April we gave a playful lesson again within the scope of the project Wasteless. It was...

The 6th Conference on Food Law was held on October 18-20, 2017 in Balatonfüred. On the three-day event, visitors could...

Fourth time this year the village house of Szigetmonostor was open for the interested children in the frame of the...

Mr Róbert Zsigó, Minister of State for Food Chain Supervision presented the complex educational-training programme of NFCSO on a press...

The project Wasteless of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NFCSO) handles the awareness-raising of students in a special way...

The subject of the first Round table discussion – organized by NFCSO – was reducing food waste, where besides distributors...

Around 46.5 million tonnes of food are wasted annually in the households of the EU.  It might be quite difficult...

The Palace of Miracles welcomed curious children and families at its new location in Óbuda, on 10th November, at the...

REFRESH launched a great initiative with respect to the amount of food waste, on World Food Day, on 16 October,...

Conference on food waste was held on the first day of the National Agriculture and Food Exhibition and Fair on...

The 3rd Big Food Conference was held in the Lurdy Ház on the 14th of September this year. The main...

„Az élelmiszer fagyasztása már az előtt csökkenti a veszteséget, hogy megvenné!” – olvasható az Iglo, Forever Food Together program leírásában....

On 15th June 2017, students of Wageningen University gave a presentation in the Communicational Office of National Food Chain Safety...

The „Day of Magic Oven” was held on 13 May, 2017. The organizers of the event made disabled and special...

Within the frame of the Sustainability Week, the team of Wasteless held lectures in connection with food waste for the...

On 3 May, 2017, the Food Waste Conference organised by the National Food Chain Safety Office and Deák Tibor Szakkollégium...

Nearly 150 interested people came together on 18 November to the opening conference of the campaign called ‘Wasteless: NÉBIH against...