Thanks to this project, Green Food Bank aims to help 1,500 families and 5,000 individuals experiencing hardship in Shanghai. In addition, it plans to distribute surplus food to deprived families in other Chinese cities, meeting the needs of a further 100,000 people.
In Shanghai, thousands of families are living in circumstances of hardship, with an average income of less than ¥250 per person. This poverty generally goes hand-in-hand with other problems, such as malnutrition. Founded in 2004, Green Food Bank is the first food bank to operate in China. The organisation is committed to reducing the amount of food wasted by redistributing it to families in need, thus contributing to a sustainable global environment.
Every day, almost 1,200 tonnes of organic waste are discarded in Shanghai. Most of this is food waste. When food is thrown away with household waste, its decomposition and disposal processes generate significant carbon dioxide emissions, which have an irreparable impact on the environment, the climate and the city’s biodiversity. Businesses, the government and communities devote a lot of money and resources to disposing of food waste.
Through its "Distribution of food parcels" project, the Green Food Bank invites companies and individuals to donate surplus food, which it supplements with the purchase of staples such as rice, flour, oil and grains. All of this food is then repackaged into food parcels and distributed to struggling families in the city.
With this project, Green Food Bank aims to help 1,500 families and 5,000 individuals experiencing hardship in Shanghai. In addition, it plans to distribute surplus food to deprived families in other Chinese cities, meeting the needs of a further 100,000 people.
