How A Single Fridge Is Helping Curb Food Waste In Spain

Meera Dolasia
Mon, 10 Aug 2015 08:26:39 -0700

Food waste is a growing concern. According to a recent report by the United Nations Environmental Programme, consumers in industrialized countries waste as much as 222 million tons of food annually. To put it in perspective, that is almost equivalent to the net food production of sub-Saharan Africa. Now the residents of the small Spanish town of Galdakao have devised a simple solution to help reverse the trend - a community refrigerator!