France has taken another step forward in the crackdown on food wastage in supermarkets.
MPs agreed on Wednesday that large supermarkets will soon be required to partner up with local charities that can help distribute unsold and out-of-date food to consumers in need. With the COP21 climate summit in Paris, French MPs were particularly motivated to tackle food waste, not least considering that food waste is a major contributor to climate change and drought. “Throwing out a loaf of bread is like throwing out a bathtub full of water,” said the Republican MP Jean-Pierre Decool according to AFP. “Throwing out a kilogram of beef is equivalent to wasting 15,000 litres of water. ”The French parliament had passed a similar measure in May 2015, but it was rejected by the national constitutional court due to procedural errors. The new law will go into effect at the end of January. Val says great law this. Wonder if we can arrange throw aways for refugees here... worth the Croix Rouge asking. Malc thinks they may already be doing it.
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