After Zero Waste we have Zero Foodwaste

Residents and the food industry have been urged to implement zero tolerance on food wastage.

The call has been made on behalf of the UAE Food Bank and Dubai Municipality in support of the World Food Day, which will be observed with a wide variety of activities on October 16, the civic body said in a press release.

The programmes, organised by the Food Safety Department of Dubai Municipality, include a social media campaign with the hashtag, #ZeroFoodWaste, a food donation drive and competitions focused on the Zero Food Waste theme. Public will be encouraged to use the hashtag, #ZeroFoodWaste, on social media to promote the theme.

The municipality has invited food establishments and individuals to present innovative ideas, tools and methodologies for identifying food losses, their causes and potential solutions along the entire food value chain — from production, storage and processing to distribution and consumption. Participants can submit their ideas through the website www.foodsafetydubai.com by clicking the link #ZeroFoodWaste.

Members of the public along with Dubai Municipality employees are invited to join the UAE Food Bank and the Food Safety Department in supporting the World Food Day by participating in the social media campaign by sharing their creative thoughts, ideas and messages on ways and means to reduce food wastage on their favourite social media channels using the #ZeroFoodWaste hashtag. To participate in the ‘Most Creative Post Competition’, they can send the screenshot of their post to UAEfoodbank@dm.gov.ae.

Schools can participate in the poster and video competitions by creating a poster or a video that conveys a message regarding the reduction of food wastage.