I think by changing some of our habits, I believe that we can reduce food waste as a person. I am always keen on to find out new initiatives to get into action against food waste. Free-Go is one of them and I would like to introduce you this new association. The nonprofit Free-Go — whose name riffs off the word “frigo,” a colloquial French word for refrigerator — has rolled out refrigerators and pantry shelves in Geneva where passersby can grab fruit, vegetables, bread, croissants and other perishables to take home for free.The program costs about $40,000 to run each year and enjoys the support from both charity groups and the city government. It launched a year ago with a single fridge outside a community center in western Geneva and it now has four fridges, strategically placed around town. A fifth one is planned before year’s end.

This seems a promising initiative however the main concern they should provide is to keep the foods safe in the fridges. Free-Go says contributors of food from the private sector — such as restaurants or food vendors — must make a commitment to ensure the donated food is safe to eat. 

According to Foodsharing.de, a community group in Germany that started more than a decade ago, more than a half-million people in Germany, Switzerland and Austria have made “the food-sharing initiative an international movement” and have helped save 83 million tons of food from going to waste.

You can also explore such initiatives in your area. Other than putting the food into rubbish, please think twice and find out an alternative way to fight against food waste. If one can make difference, so the community can make a difference at all!