Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will keep up the work and continue to fund the many organisations that are doing great work in this area. A large part of addressing the issue involves talking about it and ensuring there is an awareness of it. For the average family household, food going from the fridge to the bin instead of from the fridge to the plate costs approximately €800 per year. It is a sin to see that food and all that went into getting it that far wasted. Each of us can do more in this regard. Everyone throughout the supply chain has to play his or her part if we are to halve the amount of waste in the system by 2030.

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