OREGONLIVE.COM: A law that prohibits large grocery stores from throwing out unsold food has passed in France and the politician behind it wants it to become a worldwide movement.
OREGONLIVE.COM: A law that prohibits large grocery stores from throwing out unsold food has passed in France and the politician behind it wants it to become a worldwide movement.
The Guardian reports: “Derambarsh started his campaign by collecting and distributing unwanted food from his local supermarket. ‘Every day we’d help around 100 people. Half would be single mothers with several children, pensioners or public workers on low salaries, the other half would be those living on the streets or in shelters,’ he said.”
People in the U.S. threw more than 35 million tons of food in the garbage bin in 2014. Food waste is found in American landfills more than any other kind of garbage, including plastic.
