Stop food waste!

Author: Inactive user |

Updated on: 04 September 2018 |

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In the EU, an estimated 20% of food production is lost or wasted, while 55 million people cannot afford a quality meal every single day. I have been working in a Spanish supermarket and every single day I had to throw away a lot of fresh food. It is unacceptable to throw away food when it can be eaten! Art. 2 TEU refers to solidarity. EU should, therefore, force Member States to improve the regulation about food waste. Supermarkets should donate more food to charity or make better calculations in his food offer.

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Inactive user | 16 November 2020

Good idea!

See also the petition of Mr Arash Derambarsh

https://www.change.org/p/mettons-fin-au-gaspillagealimentaire-en-europe-stopfoodwaste/u/23483881?recruiter=392484027&utm_source=share_update&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive&utm_term=a4be66397e814103a6d3fc1b4dd43e31

Forum Team | 15 February 2019

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Inactive user | 16 January 2023

We are all in for stopping food waste but if the supermarkets give away food for free do you not think that this will reduce their revenue and this will drive the prices up so that they could make up for it?

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