Hong Kong people produce more than 3,500 tons of leftover food daily, but a lot of the poor elderly still be frown for their meal. Began in 2011, Civil society start collecting leftover food in Sham Shui Po market and large chain stores for distribution to the elderly poor.
This help to reduce waste and also can reduce the burden of the elderly. Some elderly becoming a volunteer over the neighborhood to enrich themselves.
"Food Friend Action" Project Officer Zhao Zijie said that under the present high inflation, food expenditure accounts for grassroots daily expenses up to 55%; but now the food bank has only six weeks reserve to provide short-term emergency food aid to those in need. For those CSSA and OAA person could not receive, “At the same time we have created more than 3,500 tons of food waste with leftover food which only less than 0.05% is recovered."
It has recycled 1,600 tons of food
At present, "Food Friend Action" set up multiple distribution points in Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong and Tuen Mun, 5 years to recover more than 1,600 tons of food and service nearly a thousand families. But Zhao Zijie admitted that limited the power of civil society, in addition to have more volunteers to help recovery, hoping to establish community recycling food network in the future.
Source: Metro Daily