{"id":65720,"date":"2025-10-01T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corporaciontecnologica.com\/?post_type=noticias&p=65720"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:28:16","slug":"cta-european-zerow-project-brussels","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/www.corporaciontecnologica.com\/en\/noticias\/cta-european-zerow-project-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"CTA takes part in the final conference of the European ZeroW project in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The European ZeroW project<\/a><\/strong>, launched in January 2022 with the aim of developing technologies to reduce food waste and food loss, presented its final results in a joint meeting with the CHORIZO<\/a> research initiative, during a conference in Brussels attended by<\/strong> 231 participants<\/strong>, 114 of whom joined online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus Berend, Director for Food Safety and Sustainability at the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE<\/a>), responsible for EU policy on food safety and health as well as overseeing the implementation of related legislation, addressed in his welcome speech the European challenge of food waste and highlighted the European Commission\u2019s strong support for projects such as ZeroW and CHORIZO: “Cross-sector collaboration is essential to succeed in reducing food loss and waste.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United in a common challenge<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

CHORIZO examines how social norms influence food waste, while ZeroW drives technological and collaborative innovations to reduce it. Together, they combine a social perspective with practical innovation<\/strong> to bring Europe closer to a zero-waste future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event combined keynote speeches, parallel sessions and demonstrations of innovations from ZeroW and CHORIZO. Highlights included the ZeroW FLW Dataspace<\/strong>, a digital platform that facilitates collaboration across the food chain to identify inefficiencies and reduce waste. Other presentations showcased educational games for schoolchildren, new packaging solutions with clearer labelling, and a meal-planning app designed to help households avoid over-purchasing and make better use of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Centre: Jose Lu\u00eds Gallego, CTA consultant, with members of SILL5.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
CTA’s role<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Within the ZeroW project, funded by the HORIZON 2020 programme with nearly \u20ac12M<\/strong>, Corporaci\u00f3n Tecnol\u00f3gica de Andaluc\u00eda (CTA), represented by consultant Jose Lu\u00eds Gallego<\/strong>, has coordinated Living Lab 5, in which Andalusian partners Grupo La Ca\u00f1a<\/a> and IFAPA<\/a>, both CTA members, as well as MultiScan Technologies<\/a>, are also involved. This Systemic Innovation Living Lab (SILL) focuses on the use of VIS-NIR technology to help reduce waste of non-aesthetic food, also known as \u2018ugly food\u2019, both at production and retail distribution stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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