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Neighbourhood Buik

Neighbourhood Buik saves food from waste by picking up food from restaurants, supermarkets and vegetable farmers and sharing it with local residents. This is how we make a better neighborhood together: we bring local residents together, lend a hand to each other and save food from the waste bin. #learnedtoday

Supermarkets want to waste half less food by 2030. However, that is difficult. This is due, among other things, to the customer's behavior. We want fresh bread shortly before closing time and often grab the longest shelf life pack of milk by choice.

Not eaten a lot of food

A lot of good food is not eaten and disappears, for example, in the click. In addition, a lot of food is lost in harvesting, storage and. This not only costs a lot of money. But precious raw materials such as water, soil and energy are also used for nothing. Therefore, the government wants to reduce food waste.

50% less food waste by 2030


Waste Less | Nutrition Center

The so-called “obesogenic” living environment is seen as a major cause of the increase in overweight and obesity. Half of the adults in the Netherlands are overweight — a number that has hardly fallen despite the Prevention Agreement. Overweight is also a growing problem among young people. Van Ooijen: “Something really needs to be done, one in seven children is now too heavy and it's going the wrong way. In lower social classes, it's even one in three.” #learnedtoday

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Overweight, smoking and alcohol consumption barely dropped since 2018


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