We throw away 41 kg of food per year and produce 94 kg of garbage

Each Bulgarian generates an average of 94 kg of garbage and throws away 41 kg of food per year, Eleonora Yosifova from the “Zero Waste” team of “For the Earth” Association told BNR. “Both restaurants and food chains throw away large amounts of products,” she adds. However, waste has a real price – about 300 euros in annual losses for households and over 9 billion euros for the economy.

Eleonora Yosifova points out that all the waste also affects the environment: “The greenhouse effect is increasing. It is extremely unpleasant to waste a resource that is actually very valuable.”

The best waste is the one that we have not created at all, Ekaterina Yosifova says. “So let’s shop with a list, consciously, not overstock and share what is left with people in need,” she advises.

Editor: Diana Tsankova