Food waste

A charity has opened in Denmark the first food surplus supermarket called Wefood which will sell products at prices 30 to 50 percentage cheaper than the ordinary supermarkets.

The supermarket aims to help reduce the 700,000 tonnes of food waste Denmark citizens produce every year.

Feeding the 5000, a flagship campaigning even and celebratory feast is aimed at drawing attention to the amount of edible food thrown away. Athens has joined the food waste revolution with its own event that takes place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Kotzia Square on Sunday, October 11.