(L-R) Maurice Bauer, Deputy Mayor of Luxembourg City; nc; Lydie Polfer, Mayor of Luxembourg City; Martine Hansen, Luxembourg’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture; Paul Galles, Alderman for Education; nc;
Credit: VdL/Marc Betzen
On Friday 22 May 2026, the City of Luxembourg (VdL) inaugurated a biowaste sorting station at the municipal school centre located on Rue du Verger in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie.
According to the VdL, the city’s College of Aldermen, represented by Mayor Lydie Polfer and Alderman for Education Paul Galles, together with Luxembourg’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture, Martine Hansen, inaugurated the biowaste sorting station at the municipal school centre located on Rue du Verger in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie.
The VdL said the joint initiative with antigaspi.lu, Luxembourg’s national anti–food waste platform, reflects the partners’ commitment to promoting more sustainable waste management and raising awareness among younger generations about food waste.
The VdL noted that the School Foyers Service of the City of Luxembourg has, since its creation in 2009, been strongly committed to providing healthy, balanced and fair nutrition for children. Educational activities related to catering are an important pillar of the daily education and care programme within these structures.
In 2025, two school foyers of the City of Luxembourg, namely Bonnevoie Verger and Cessange, were selected from five education and care facilities in Luxembourg to take part in the Ministry of Agriculture’s anti-food-waste project. During this period, several initiatives were implemented, such as nutrition-related educational activities and the restructuring of the buffet, in order to reduce food waste among children and encourage them to try new products and discover a wider variety of foods.
The VdL added that continuing this effort, the School Foyers Service of the City of Luxembourg has, since the start of the 2025/2026 school year, been working on solutions to analyse food waste more precisely. For this purpose, the School Foyers Service, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, acquired two sorting tables allowing food waste to be weighed and digitally monitored. The collected data makes it possible to identify the least consumed foods and adjust menus in cooperation with the dietetics service and the catering provider, while maintaining a rich and varied diet.
The VdL noted that the initiative is fully aligned with the National Food Action Plan 2026–2030 which, under its “Fighting food waste” pillar, aims to improve the collection of food waste statistics and support innovative projects designed to reduce food waste.
