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Adopting the circular economy approach on food loss and waste... 28 Jan 2020... Moscow, Russia - “Preventing food waste, promoting circular economy” was the focus of a special session, co-organized by FAO and Messe Düsseldorf Moscow at the upakovka-2020 fair, one of the major trade shows in Russia for processing and packaging machines industry. Increasing availability and affordability of different materials and products have simplified our lives and contributed to the rise in living standards and the quality of life in the developed countries. However, our culture of consumption has resulted in excessive resource extraction and growing pressures on natural capital and climate. We need to make sure that we can continue to grow our economy in a sustainable way and improve the living standards. This will require steps for changing the way we produce, transform, consume and distribute food by accelerating the transition to a sustainable food system based on circular economy princi...

At an international meeting where I attended three years ago in Brussels, the speech of Ellen MacArthur, a British social entrepreneur on the topic of 'Circular economy', which had great repercussions in the world, left a deep impression on me. Last year during the World Congress of International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) held in the Netherlands concept and applications of 'Circular agriculture' paved the way for a wide discussion. The presentations at the worldwide known Wageningen University have already signalled what would be the main subject of the coming years. NEW ECONOMIC REVOLUTION 'Circular economy' in its short definition is a new production model that is based on the fact that there is no waste or rather designed from scratch to create such a result. In other words, the approach of 'Buy-Use-Throw'  prevails. However, 'Circular economy' offers a new model of mentality to humanity. Here, thanks to the 'Pro...