Italy Sets Example on Reducing Food Waste as U.S. Tosses $161 Billion Worth a Year

Aug 05, 2016 419

Italy adopted new laws this week to cut down drastically on food waste — the second such law in Europe, joining France's. So what's the United States doing to reclaim the 30 percent of its food that's simply thrown away?

Italy's Senate overwhelmingly gave final approval Tuesday to millions of euros of tax incentives to encourage businesses, shops and restaurants to donate their unused food to charities and nonprofits.

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