Public service Food waste is not falling in line with plans
Success in the fight against food waste is limited. From 2017 to 2024, the amount of food thrown away fell by 5 percent. This is not enough: the target of halving food waste by 2030 would require a 25% reduction by 2025.
14.10.2025, 14:05
14.10.2025, 14:06
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This means that the entire value chain is lagging behind the target, as the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), which was commissioned to carry out monitoring, noted in its interim report on Tuesday. There is a lack of new data from agriculture.
In the action plan against food losses adopted in 2022, the Federal Council has set a target of halving food losses by 2030. The reference year is 2017, for which the federal government concluded a cross-industry agreement with 35 companies and associations.
At an informal meeting on Tuesday, Albert Rösti, the head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), took stock with those involved. The Uvek now wants to analyze the findings from the first phase of the action plan.
