The #Stop malbaratar menjar [Stop wasting food] challenge was aimed at raising awareness among children and young people about the importance of reducing or avoiding food waste, as well as to contribute to creating a family awareness that helps to adopt consumption based on the value of food, care and environmental responsibility.
The challenge consisted of carrying out a “self-audit” of food waste in the school canteen, intending to make children aware of the amount of food that is thrown away in the school. The children carried out diagnostic actions (separating wasted food into different containers, weighing it and recording data) to raise awareness of the fact that food is a valuable resource that must be managed and consumed with the utmost care. This action is also part of the measures of LAW 3/2020, of 11 March, on the prevention of food losses and food waste.
A total of 28 schools and 1120 children took part in the challenge.
