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"Matt Homewood is bending his tall, lean frame over the edge of a black
dumpster marked “landfill” in the rear parking lot of one of Copenhagen’s
SuperBrugsen supermarkets. A customer service assistant had just heaved two
enormous plastic bags into it.
Removing a jangling set of keys from his back pocket, Homewood slashes one of
the bags open to reveal a trove of golden brioche buns, crusted rolls and a
crispy plait of cinnamon pastry.
“These look like they’re from today,” says the food waste activist, picking an
oat roll and biting a chunk out of it. “Yep. That’s been freshly baked this
morning.”
Homewood isn’t just seeking free pastry — he’s on a mission to save food from
the country’s landfills and change Denmark’s food waste culture. A shocking 40
percent of the world’s food is wasted, contributing to approximately 10 percent
of all greenhouse gas emissions. And Denmark, despite its aura of environmental
infallibility, is one of the worst offenders, producing the most retail food
waste per capita of any country in Europe.
The national government is aiming to halve the country’s total food waste in
line with UN sustainable development goals by 2030. But it has yet to legislate
mandatory reduction measures, like France, Spain and other European countries.
And incentives and disincentives for wasting food are still insignificant to
most supermarkets without enforcement.
That’s why a handful of private ventures are now attempting to address the
problem of supermarket food waste. Their principal strategy? Find mouths to eat
it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
