Increasing value of discarded food in the dumpster

Food waste is an environmental, ethical, and economic problem. According to data from the Federation of Polish Food Banks, even before the period of galloping food prices, an average family of four threw away products worth up to PLN 2,500 a year, and now this value will be even higher. According to Marta Grzybowska of WWF Poland, the scale of the problem can be reduced by appropriate regulations, but according to the NIK, the law on preventing food waste, which has been in force in Poland since 2019, needs to be amended, as it currently fails to fulfill this function. 

"Food waste is a huge problem in terms of carbon footprint and climate change. Globally, about 30 percent of all food that has been produced is wasted, and most of it is in our part of the globe. In Poland, unfortunately, about 60 percent of wasted food comes from our homes," Marta Grzybowska, a sustainable economy specialist at WWF Poland, stressed. 

(Newseria)