Food Bank: give food a chance!

Household food waste is estimated for an annual 400 tons in Hungary. The wasting of food is a waste of money and causes serious damage to our environment, whilst increasing the number of the world's hungry. The Food Bank has launched an awareness-raising program on the subject.

The latest surveys show, that about one-third of food for human consumption, around 1.3 billion tonnes are thrown away worldwide. In Europe and in North America, the food waste of public consumption is an average of about 100 kg per person. In Hungary, an annual 1.86 million tons of food is not being consumed, including 400 thousand tons of household food waste. This is an average of 100 kg per household.

More informations can be found at the www.eselytazetelnek.hu site.