Food waste in Barcelona

262 tonnes of food are wasted every year in Catalan restaurants, shops as well as private households every year (7%).  On a global scale, this is even worse with 33% of the food produced being wasted every year, according to a study conducted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

One solution could be to use food that is no longer good for human consumption to make fertilizer or animal feed. Another way is to buy only the food you need for immediate consumption rather than stock up with large amount of food which will eventually go bad without having been consumed. Also you may want to ignore the actual expiry date and educate yourself about how long food is actually still eatable and how you can find out about this. 

Check out this informational video as well.