Every year, UK supermarkets throw out at least 100,000 tonnes of food which is still safe to eat. It’s a shocking figure when considered against a backdrop of global poverty and environmental degradation. Tony Lowe is the chief executive of FareShare, an organisation which aims to be part of the solution to this profligacy.
FareShare takes waste food from manufacturers and retailers, that is still within its sell by date, and feeds 26,000 people daily. It keeps to the same hygiene standards of any mainstream distributor and ensures that the food remains appropriately frozen, chilled or at ambient temperature. FareShare then redistributes the produce to organisations who look after people with no or low income: Homeless hostels, substance misuse projects, breakfast clubs for children, centres for refugees or the elderly. Eager not to create dependence on free food, FareShare’s wares are only available to people who are willing to accept other services to help them out of the poverty trap.
– from howtomakeadifference
First appreciate FareShare’s effort to save food.
But think about why the rich countries can waste 100,000 tonnes of food? The simple reason is that they are rich. That’s why they can do that.
What is final solution?
Don’t make these countries rich. How can we do that? Don’t buy anything manufactured by companies of the rich country. Buy locally manufactured goods and services. People from rich countries also invest money in their local economies. Dont buy from big company. Don’t by from supermarkets.