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Food Recovery from Company and School Canteens
Published on 29 September 2018
Italy
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About this good practice
Every day large company canteens serve thousands meals, generating a large amount of cooked food waste. Every day, at the end of the lunch break, the recovery process starts. Our volunteers recover unserved meals, that are frozen and stored at a suitable temperature. The meals are transported with insulated vans and delivered to the selected charitable organizations, where they are distributed to the people in need. The selection of the charities is based on the distance from the point of collection.
Daily, School Canteen serve hundreds of meals as well. Only bread and fruits can be recovered from school canteens as they lack the required infrastructure to manage cooked food in accordance to the health and safety regulation.
The volunteers involved in the recovery and transportation are adequately trained on the HACCP regulations (system that prevents the dangers of food contamination).
Daily, School Canteen serve hundreds of meals as well. Only bread and fruits can be recovered from school canteens as they lack the required infrastructure to manage cooked food in accordance to the health and safety regulation.
The volunteers involved in the recovery and transportation are adequately trained on the HACCP regulations (system that prevents the dangers of food contamination).
Resources needed
Volunteers
Refrigerated vans
Cool rooms in the warehouses
Agreement with schools and collective catering companies
Agreement and support from private companies and their caterers
Refrigerated vans
Cool rooms in the warehouses
Agreement with schools and collective catering companies
Agreement and support from private companies and their caterers
Evidence of success
in 2018:
Food recovered:
424,273 meals recovered
192 Tons of fruit and bread
Donors:
88 Company Canteens active,
142 School Canteens active,
24 Catering companies
13 Hotels and restaurants
Involved Volunteers: 278 people
Food recovered:
424,273 meals recovered
192 Tons of fruit and bread
Donors:
88 Company Canteens active,
142 School Canteens active,
24 Catering companies
13 Hotels and restaurants
Involved Volunteers: 278 people
Potential for learning or transfer
Potential for transfer:
1. Processes followed for the collection, management and redistribution of the food, including the required infrastructure
2. Economical sustainability model
3. People organization and training
4. Contracts and agreements
Potential for learning:
The implementation of such processes increases the awareness of the Companies about their waste. This usually brings to the implementation of improvement processes to decrease the waste.
1. Processes followed for the collection, management and redistribution of the food, including the required infrastructure
2. Economical sustainability model
3. People organization and training
4. Contracts and agreements
Potential for learning:
The implementation of such processes increases the awareness of the Companies about their waste. This usually brings to the implementation of improvement processes to decrease the waste.
Good practice owner
Organisation
Banco Alimentare della Lombardia
Italy
Lombardia
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