Skip to content

Food-saving law

Photo: Paul Zinken/picture alliance
Photo: Paul Zinken/picture alliance (Getty Images)

The food-saving law that Last Generation is advocating for includes mandating that large supermarket chains “make available food that is still edible” instead of throwing it away. The group says the German government is not taking enough action to stop food waste, lower emissions, and protect future generations.

“By 2030, we will exceed 1.5 degrees (average rise in global temperatures). The government is not only breaking international law but committing a crime against humanity by deliberately heading for a world hotter by 2, 3, 4 degrees with billions dying of hunger,” Carla Hindrichs, one of the Last Generation activists, said in a statement provided to Reuters.