food retailers, wet markets, supermarkets, hawker centres, restaurants, food courts, caterers, and our homes. In fact, Singapore threw away about0.68 million tonnes of food wastein 2011 and only 10% was recycled. This means on average, each person in Singapore generated about 130kg of food w...
Greater awareness about the amount of food waste generated in Singapore has also led businesses to get in on the act. Tenants from Compass Mall, for instance, contribute leftover cooked food and fresh produce to the Food Bank, which redistributes it to over 300 charity organisations loc...
Food court operator Koufu works closely with stall holders and landlords to ensure that everyone involved plays a part in reducing food waste. One of the ways it does so is by installing food digesters within its food court premises at Rasaputra Masters, Republic Polytechnic, Singa...
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Singapore-Health officials in the Asian Island of Singapore have ordered all restaurants and caterers to appoint and train a Food Hygiene Officer (FHO). The FHO will watch over the preparation of food to prevent food-borne illness. There has been a sharp increase in the cases of food poison...
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Even as more restaurants track their food waste, donate leftovers to charity or compost, they could go even further with more education. Arlene Karidis, Freelance writer October 17, 2019 5 Min Read Food waste reduction is on a growing number of foodservice businesses’ radar. In a 2019 Natio...
Food waste has been a chronic(习惯性的)problem for restaurants and grocery stores-with millions of tons lost along the way as crops are hauled(拖)hundreds of miles,stored for weeks in refrigerators and prepared on busy restaurant assembly lines.But the historically high price of products is mak...
Ento Industries is a social enterprise started in June 2020 which aims to tackle the issue of food waste in Singapore. Their secret weapon? An army of flies. "So much food waste" Before we get into the nitty gritty and cre...
How serious is the food waste problem in Singapore? In 2020, Singaporegenerateda total of 665,000 tonnes of food waste. And over the last 10 years, our food waste problem has onlygrownby around 20 per cent. While consumers can take steps to reduce food was...