RULESSWASTE
RUral stakehoLder’s Engagement Strategy to boost Sustainable
food Waste mAnagement viSibility and social accepTancE
Empowering rural villages in Asturias to reduce food waste through community engagement, awareness actions, and an innovative blockchain-based management platform.
SMP-FOOD-2024
RULESSWASTE
RUral stakehoLder’s Engagement Strategy to boost Sustainable
food Waste mAnagement viSibility and social accepTancE
Empowering rural villages in Asturias to reduce food waste through community engagement, awareness actions, and an innovative blockchain-based management platform.
SMP-FOOD-2024
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Project
Building Sustainable Food Habits in Rural Areas
Local Action. Community Awareness. Real Impact.
RULESSWASTE works with five rural municipalities in Asturias to identify critical points in the food system, empower local actors, and develop practical interventions that support Harvest Valorization and improve daily habits. Through collaboration and evidence-based actions, the project supports communities in advancing harvest valorization and adopting long-term sustainable practices.
Harvest Valorization Through Community-Driven Solutions
The project promotes behavioural change by raising awareness, improving access to information, and enabling empowered citizens to engage with practical tools. Each intervention is adapted to the realities of rural environments, ensuring solutions that are simple, scalable, and socially accepted.
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Partners
RULESSWASTE is developed by a committed two-member consortium that brings together digital innovation and strong territorial presence. NARIA coordinates the project and leads the technological and methodological components, while CAPSA ensures local impact through its deep connection with rural communities in Asturias
News & Events
Understanding food waste in rural areas: a different perspective
Food waste is often framed as an urban problem, linked to large-scale distribution systems or consumer behaviour in cities. However, rural areas operate under very different conditions — and understanding these differences is essential to address the issue...
First steps of RULESSWASTE: building the foundations for impact
Launching a project like RULESSWASTE is not about starting with action — it is about starting with structure. Before engaging in fieldwork or collecting data, it is essential to ensure that the project is properly aligned, coordinated and prepared to operate...
RULESSWASTE and the European effort to reduce food waste
Food waste is one of the most pressing sustainability challenges facing food systems today. Across Europe, significant efforts are underway to reduce food losses and improve the efficiency of food value chains. The European Union has identified food waste reduction as...
How RULESSWASTE works: from local engagement to action
Addressing food waste in rural areas requires more than technical solutions. It requires understanding how food systems operate locally, how actors interact and where inefficiencies or losses may occur. For this reason, RULESSWASTE follows a structured and territorial...
CAPSA: A territorial commitment to circularity and social impact
Reducing food waste in rural areas requires more than isolated actions. It requires a systemic approach that connects production, transformation, distribution and consumption within a coherent sustainability framework. In RULESSWASTE, CAPSA brings a strong territorial...
The partners behind RULESSWASTE: Local commitment and innovation working together
Tackling food waste in rural territories requires more than good intentions. It requires the right combination of local engagement, technical expertise and coordinated action. RULESSWASTE brings together two complementary partners with a shared objective: to reduce...
Kick-off Meeting
Kick-off meeting of RULESSWASTE with NARIA, CAPSA. We will review objectives, planned actions and next milestones for reducing food waste in the participating municipalities.
Tuesday - September 2, 2025
This project has recieved funding from the European Single Market Programme (SMP-FOOD-2024-FW-STAKEHOLDERS-PJ) under the Grant Agreement: 101216689
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
