Food waste revolution in Olympics
- ! Households alone waste more than one billion meals every day in a world where one in 10 people is affected by hunger. - UNEP Food Waste Index
Food for Soul
- collect this surplus food and show their potential in the preparation of tasty and healthy meals served with hospitality to people experiencing social vulnerability
- by Massimo Bottura (Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)) and his wife
Olympics, 2024
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The 2024 Olympics organisers recognise the issue and are committed to working with associations that will pick up and redistribute food surplus, as well as adapt recipes to maximise their full use and right size food portions.
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$ The 2024 Paris Food Vision plan is dedicated to 100% recovery of non-consumed food resources.
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could inform and improve practices at future Olympic Games in Milan, LA and Brisbane.
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@ the UK and Japan reduced their food waste by between 20% and 30%.
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@ China’s Clean Plate campaign targeted both food waste and food insecurity.
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@ Brazil is measuring food waste and developing new national strategies for food loss and waste reduction.
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@ In Italy, a law uses tax rebates as an incentive for food donations about to be wasted. Euro news