PUBLISHED: 17 Aug 2024 at 06: 01
According to City Hall, its food banks program has transformed 315 tons of leftover food that would have otherwise been thrown away as waste into over 1.3 million dishes for the state’s underprivileged and vulnerable inhabitants.
Since BKK Food Bank launched on Aug 8, individuals and businesses across the town have donated 315, 741.42 kg of profit foods, which have been redistributed to 67, 449 citizens in want, said Pornphrom Vikitsreth, director to Bangkok government Chadchart Sittipunt on conservation.
” The project has also helped cut the state’s carbon footprint by 789, 825.79 kgCO2e]kilogrammes of CO² equivalent ]”, said Mr Pornphrom.
BKK Food Bank, which is one of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s ( BMA ) programmes designed to ensure food security, is meant to improve access to food among low-income and vulnerable groups, said Mr Pornphrom.
” Left unused, profit meal would have to be discarded as spend, which has a negative effect on both the environment and the economy”, he said.
” With a good management system, surpluses could be redistributed to people who ca n’t afford food for whatever reason,” according to the article.
From Tuesday through Thursday, donors may drop off income foods at the BKK Food Bank drop-off location in their neighborhood. He explained that the food may be stored at the city office for after supply.
Those who are interested in giving are encouraged to get in touch with their neighborhood area company for more details.