#icymi

"France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste"

"The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates.

Instead, they’ll have to give all of this food to charities and food banks, which will provide the hungry with millions of more meals. Just a 15% increase in donated food will mean 10 million more meals per year."

#waste #foodWaste

https://recycle.ab.ca/newsletterarticle/france-becomes-first-country-to-ban-supermarket-food-waste/

France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste | Recycling Council of Alberta

The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates. Instead, they’ll have to give all of this food to...

Recycling Council of Alberta

@joriki This is good but the article date is Winter 2016 so it is not recent news.

ETA: Unless 2016 is a typo.

@RuthSachter

at the top of the post is the hashtag icymi, which means "in case you missed it"

@joriki I did see your icymi but was surprised to see a 10 year old article.

I'm totally in favor of reducing food waste which is why I volunteer with a local organization that assists with food distribution in the metro Portland (OR) area, Urban Gleaners.