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  "language": "en",
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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/uae-nema-food-loss-waste-measurement-events-partnership-2026",
  "slug": "uae-nema-food-loss-waste-measurement-events-partnership-2026",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-12",
  "sourceDate": {
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    "value": "2026-10-08"
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  "sourceName": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2pf8qn-emirates-foundation-signs-agreements-with-ead",
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  "tags": [
    "United Arab Emirates",
    "Food security",
    "Food waste",
    "Surplus food recovery",
    "Sustainability"
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  "content": {
    "title": "UAE food-waste initiative signs agreements on measurement and recovery",
    "summary": "Emirates Foundation partnered with Abu Dhabi’s environment agency and event organiser Ethara on policy, data and practical waste-reduction measures.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Food waste plans for major events",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Emirates Foundation signed memoranda with Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi and Ethara to support the national ne’ma food-loss and waste initiative. The EAD agreement covers policy, data exchange and measuring progress; Ethara’s agreement addresses waste measurement, surplus-food rescue and applying a Zero Food to Landfill framework at events. A community fridge at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was described as a possible activity, subject to feasibility, not as an operating project."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
            "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2pf8qn-emirates-foundation-signs-agreements-with-ead"
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