National law adopted in China to prevent food waste
12/05/2021
On 29 April, the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee adopted an anti-food-waste law, which will shortly go into effect.
According to the law, catering service providers may charge customers who leave excessive amounts of food waste a disposal fee, but rates for the charge must be clearly advertised.
A report by the NPC deputies, based on nationwide field research, found approximately 18 billion kilograms of food is wasted every year in China's urban catering industry.
Over 35 billion kilograms of grain are lost during the pre-consumption stages of storage, transportation and processing. (Original article)