Hi everyone,
Here is an article about food wastage in the US.
http://us.cnn.com/2015/05/14/us/cnn-heroes-lee/index.html**************************************************************************
One in six Americans struggles with food insecurity. Yet in the United States, 40% of food goes to waste.
"Just the sheer amount of food that's being wasted is enough to eradicate hunger," Lee said.
After graduating two years ago, Lee decided to help take the concept of rescuing food off campus. Together with fellow NYU alum Louisa Chen, he co-founded Rescuing Leftover Cuisine. The nonprofit picks up fresh food that would otherwise go to waste from New York City restaurants and gets it to people in need.
Seven days a week, the organization engages volunteers to pick up and deliver any amount of food, no matter how small. Lee says operating on foot makes the group highly efficient.
So far, the group has rescued 100,000 pounds of food and delivered it to homeless shelters and food kitchens. Seeing the impact he was making, Lee gave up his finance job at J.P. Morgan last year to focus on his nonprofit full time.
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I don't know how serious the food wastage problem is in the UK...perhaps not as bad as America.
Cheers.
Sriram