Part of the produce section of a Carrefour supermarket in France. Carrefour, France’s biggest supermarket group said it welcomed the law, which would build on food donations its supermarkets already made.
February 09, 2016
A First: French law forbids food waste by supermarkets
France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.
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