MEET ZEROW-HEROES

MEET ZEROW-HEROES

Meet our ZeroW-Heroes

The world is full of people who makes a difference in the fight against FLW every day. And we think they all deserve to be celebrated.

Here you can meet a few of them.

Explore the stories behind about our ZeroW-Heroes and be inspired by their efforts to reduce food loss and waste on every scale.

Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Meet Adam Smith, Founder & CEO of Surplus to Purpose and also known for The Real Junk Food Project. Adam is trying to stop food going to waste.

Carlos Hipolito

Carlos Hipolito

Meet Carlos Hipolito, the visionary leader at the helm of Phenix Portugal, a company committed to combating food waste by bridging the gap between major contributors in the food supply chain and charitable organizations.

Leonardo Piccinetti

Leonardo Piccinetti

Managing Director of the Sustainable Innovation Technology Services Ltd company, Leonardo Piccinetti has had worked for more than 20 years to tackle the challenges of food loss and waste with policies and project initiatives.

Lorraine Foley

Lorraine Foley

Lorraine Foley is a Lecturer in Environmental Management at Technological University Dublin and Principal Investigator for the Leaf No Waste project.

Eliza Gambuzzi

Eliza Gambuzzi

Eliza Gambuzzi is a R&D Technician working with the HOOP project to vitalise Europe's urban bioeconomy. Here, she talks about how unavoidable food loss and waste is the basis for a sustainable circular bio economy.

Oltion Shena

Oltion Shena

ZeroW-Hero Oltion Shena is the founder of Feeding Albania, a community of organisations that fights poverty and hunger in Albania through e.g. food banks and redirecting food to people in need.

Shai Rilov

Shai Rilov

Shai has dedicated the last 8 years to making the issue of food waste accessible and delicious - through culinary and educational activities, including founding Israel's first social restaurant based on rescued food!

Selina Juul

Selina Juul

Selina Juul is one of the world’s leading experts on food waste and Chairman of the Board and Founder of Stop Wasting Food movement in Denmark.

About 20% of the food produced in the EU goes to waste.

ZeroW directly addresses the challenge of food loss and waste (FLW) by developing and testing a synergetic mix of innovations in real life conditions.

The aim is to deliver ambitious reductions at all stages of the food supply chain from pre-harvest to consumption.

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Lessons from Spain with ZeroW

Lessons from Spain with ZeroW

Project partners and SILL4 partners traveled to Barcelona to gain insights into innovative approaches to reducing food loss, redistributing surplus, and fostering sustainability in the food system.

ZeroW Combatting Food Waste at the holidays

ZeroW Combatting Food Waste at the holidays

The holiday season is for togetherness, indulgent meals, and celebration. Unfortunately, it is also a peak time for food waste in households across Europe. The ZeroW project is shedding light on innovative solutions to tackle food waste during the holiday