There are about 1.3 billion tonnes of food waste the world generates each year. the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations affirms that food waste in Europe alone could feed approximately 200 million people.
For the past decade, 86-year-old Dino Impagliazzo has been preparing hot meals for up to 250 migrants and needy people in Rome four days a week. Since 2008, his charity, RomAmor, has prepared all its meals using ingredients nearing their expiration date, sourced from grocery shops and wholesale suppliers.
A new law in Rome encouraged stores to donate their leftovers by granting them lower taxes.
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Source: Reuters News, 27 January 2017