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Environmental pollution as a result of Food Waste, has increased a lot. Greece has the highest rates of Food Waste in Europe.
Bring it Back was created to reduce this waste and move Greece out of this negative position.
She is constantly contacting Food Businesses to find out if they have leftover fresh food at the end of the day, and help them, in a profitable way, reduce waste and therefore pollution of the Environment.
Moreover, is creating eco-consciousness among consumers and enables them to contribute to the project in a profitable way, by allowing them to buy the surplus fresh foodat a particularly advantageous price. The range of options is wide, from restaurants to bakeries and super markets.
By creating the Bring it Back app, we connect Food Businesses with Consumers with the common goal of reducing Food Waste and mutual benefit for stores, Consumers and the Environment.
A Food App against Food Waste
Our goal is to continuously grow until there is food for everyone with no environmental footprint.
Environmental pollution from uneaten food has increased alarmingly. Greece has the highest rates of food waste in Europe.
Bring it Back was created to reduce this waste and move Greece out of this negative position.
It is constantly contacting catering outlets to find out if they throw away food at the end of the day and to help them, in a constructive way for them, to reduce waste and thus environmental pollution.
Moreover, is creating eco-consciousness among consumers and enables them to contribute to the project in a profitable way,
By creating the Bring it Back app, we connect Food Businesses with Consumers with the common goal of reducing Food Waste and mutual benefit for stores, Consumers and the Environment. It gives consumers the opportunity to buy food that is still fresh, but will be thrown away, at a very special price. The range of options is wide, from restaurants to bakeries and supermarkets.
Our goal is to continuously grow until there is food for everyone with no environmental footprint.
#Fact1
A third of all food produced is lost or wasted – about 1.3 billion tonnes of food – costing the global economy nearly $940 billion every year.
#Fact2
Up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food that is produced but not consumed.
#Fact3
Food waste is worse than total emissions from flights (1.9%), plastics production (3.8%) and oil extraction (3.8%).
#Fact4
If food waste was a country, it would be the third largest source of greenhouse gases after the US and China.
#Fact5
The decomposition of food in landfills releases methane – 28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
#Fact6
Eliminating global food waste would save 4.4 million tonnes of C02 per year, equivalent to taking one in four cars off the road.
#Fact7
One out of nine people do not have enough food to eat – 793 million people are undernourished.
#Fact8
If a quarter of the food being lost or wasted right now could be saved, it would be enough to feed 870 million hungry people.
#Fact9
Almost half of all fruit and vegetables produced are lost (i.e. 3.7 trillion apples).
#Fact10
Tossing a burger wastes the same amount of water as a 90-minute shower.
#Fact11
It takes 25 years for a head of lettuce to decompose in a landfill.
#Fact12
But the good news is that reducing food waste is the 3rd most effective way to tackle climate change.
Every member of Bring it Back contributes to the reduction of food waste, and consequently the pollution of the planet.
Christos, who works in the catering industry, referred to the problem of food that is produced but not consumed. And they started thinking about solutions. And they started thinking about solutions.
In January 2021 they founded Bring it Back in Athens, the city with the biggest problem of Food Waste in Europe.
So, they started on their way to save the planet!
