Poles waste 9 mln tons food each year - Greenpeace

According to the environmental group Greenpeace, Poles waste some 9 million metric tons of food each year, putting the country in the fifth place among all EU nations. The organization has asked politicians to pass new laws which would limit food waste and increase food donations. According to the EU data, all member states waste 88 million tons of food each year, which means that the average citizen of the bloc wastes 173 kilograms of food per annum. The European Parliament has launched initiative to curb food waste by 50 percent till 2030. The costs of food waste in the EU are estimated at €143 billion. Greenpeace officials called for implementing similar laws as in France, where supermarkets instead of disposing expired products have to give them organizations which distribute the products among the poor.