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Get your free copy21 November 2011, 15:12 PM
- Boris Johnson has called on businesses in the capital to cut down on food waste
He said enough food to fill 12,000 double-decker buses is thrown away each year in London. He asked firms to redistribute unwanted food to charities such as FareShare or FoodCycle.
This comes in conjunction with a Feeding the 5,000 event in Trafalgar Square, which used tons of food that would have been thrown away to feed the public in a bid to raise awareness about food waste.
The food used would have been discarded purely because it did not match large supermarket’s cosmetic standards.
Mr Johnson said, “Throwing away mountains of perfectly edible food is crazy at a time when all Londoners are feeling the pinch.
“I want to do all I can to help people to cut waste, save cash by doing so and improve our great city.”
Tristram Stuart, a food waste expert, added, “Around 80% of people want to see businesses cut food waste. There is nothing wrong with the fruit and vegetables we’re throwing away.”
