Ban food waste for supermarkets and restaurants and donate the food instead.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

In France, grocery stores and supermarkets must donate unsold food to charity, but the UK wastes food from supermarkets and restaurants when hundreds of thousands cannot afford it. Food is wasted before it reaches its best before date when the product has not spoiled but surpassed its peak quality.

Globally by 2030, 2.1 billion tonnes of food will annually either be lost or thrown away. This is equivalent to 66 tonnes of food per second. The only way we can stop this is by taking action.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/20/food-waste-alarming-rise-will-see-66-tonnes-thrown-away-every-second

Regulations in France:
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2016/02/09/french-supermarkets-must-now-donate-unsold-food-charity/80076632/

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make it a requirement for Supermarkets to give all leftover produce to homeless

Timeline

7 Mar 2019	Petition opened for signatures
12 Mar 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Mar 2019

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