In an effort to curb food waste, which accounts for roughly one-third of all food produced worldwide, France is making it illegal for supermarkets to throw away any food that is considered edible. The European country's parliament voted unanimously for the new law, which will force grocers to either donate the food to charity or make sure that it is used as animal feed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/22/france-is-making-it-illegal-for-supermarkets-to-throw-away-edible-food/
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Billions of dollars worth of good food is thrown away each year.  Now some businesses and cities are saying no.  Cinda Chavich

www.macleans.ca/society/life/how-to-solve-the-food-waste-problem/

Food waste costs Canada $31B a year, report says
More than $31 billion worth of food is wasted every year in Canada and when energy, water and other resource costs are factored in the true cost could be up to three times that much, a new report suggests.
 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/food-waste-costs-canada-31b-a-year-report-says-1.2869708
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