Restaurant customers will be encouraged to use doggy bags as part of move to save 1m tonnes of food a year
Italy has made it easier for companies and farmers to donate food to charities and is encouraging greater use of “doggy bags” at restaurants as part of a legislative push to curb the epidemic of food waste.
A law passed in the Senate on Tuesday will help Italy recover 1m tonnes of food a year for the needy, according to the law’s chief sponsor, and comes six months after a similar bill was passed in France.
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