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Fareshare community food network |
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Written by Ecotivity
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million tonnes of food is buried in landfill in Britain every single year, with
at least 4 million tonnes still being perfectly edible; bread baked fresh that
can not be sold as 'baked same day' when tomorrow comes, sandwiches and snacks
that are just past their sell by date, food in packets that have ripped and
fruit and veg that is bruised so won?t sell. The reason that much of this still
edible food ends up in landfill is quite simply because putting it in the bin
is the easiest and cheapest option for many supermarkets and food retailers. Fareshare is a national charity that
organises the redistribution of food from supermarkets and sandwich store
saving it from ending up as landfill and instead sharing it out among charities
that feed up to 12,000 people every day (thats 3.3 million meals every year!).
Amongst the supermarkets and sandwich chains that have signed up to
fareshare's fantastic social and environmental contribution are Sainsbury's who
have made contributions of over 7000 tonnes of food each year and Pr?t A Manger
who contributed the equivalent of more that half a million meals last year.
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