05/12/2025
TECHSUPPORT: โSAVE (Segregate, Avoid Food Waste, Value Leftovers and surplus and Eco-manage organics): Reducing Food Loss and Waste Through Proper Waste Managementโ
Date: December 4, 2025 (Thursday)
Location: Batangas Egg Producers Multipurpose Cooperative (BEPCO) | Brgy. Don Luis, San Jose, Batangas
Project SAVE is an extension initiative that promotes practical actions to reduce food loss and waste (FLW) and strengthen proper waste management practices in partner communities. The project supports the Extension Service Agenda on Environment and Natural Resources Conservation, Protection and Rehabilitation by encouraging resource efficiency, reducing waste generation, promoting segregation at source, and minimizing environmental pollution caused by improper disposal of organic wastes.
The Batangas Egg Producers Multipurpose Cooperative (BEPCO), as a key local food supply actor, benefits from strengthened capacity-building activities that help prevent product losses and promote environmentally sound waste handling within cooperative operations.
Project SAVE successfully conducted its training activities on Food Loss and Waste and Waste Management yesterday at the Batangas Egg Producers Multipurpose Cooperative (BEPCO). The activity aimed to strengthen the beneficiariesโ awareness and practical capacity to reduce food wastage and improve proper waste handling in support of environmental conservation through resource efficiency, pollution prevention, and improved sanitation practices.
In the morning session, Mr. Cedric Rodriguez from the DOST Technical Team formally opened the program and introduced the resource speaker, Mr. Noriel C. Soriano, PFT, from Batangas State University โ The National Engineering University, ARASOF Nasugbu. Mr. Soriano delivered the first lecture focused on Food Loss and Waste, discussing the common causes of losses in food systems and emphasizing practical prevention strategies applicable to BEPCO operationsโparticularly those related to handling, storage, and reducing spoilage to prevent avoidable waste.
After the Food Loss and Waste discussion, Mr. Soriano proceeded with the second lecture on Waste Management, highlighting the importance of proper segregation at source and the eco-management of organic wastes. The session emphasized how correct waste practices help reduce environmental impacts such as odor, pests, and pollution, while also supporting cleaner and more sustainable cooperative operations. The discussion reinforced the SAVE approach by linking reduced food loss with reduced waste generation, and by promoting more responsible disposal and recovery options for organic materials.