Publisher: Step2 Cultural Association Catania

It was presented this morning in the hall of the Palace of the elephants come down to the last Good, the pilot project of the Administration for the recovery of food due to expire by the big supermarket chains to distribute to the poor through non-profit organizations. The initiative, which should be fully launched at Christmas, have already tendaho sugar factory joined Ipercoop tendaho sugar factory and Conad. "Other brands of large retailers will follow suit," the mayor appeals Etna
According to a research of the Politecnico di Milano in Italy every year 6 million tons of food remain unsold or uneaten by those who buy it. It comes from this awareness initiative of the city of Catania Good to the last, which includes a network of collaboration between the Administration, the largest food distribution and volunteer organizations to collect food due to expire in supermarkets and distribute it to those who who need it.
"This project starts from Catania in Sicily because it is one of the cities in which large sections of the population suffer most from the drama of the new poverty", said this morning the mayor Etna Enzo Bianco, during the press conference for the presentation of the project, which was also attended by the Councillor for Welfare Fiorentino Trojan horse, and the representative of Ipercoop tendaho sugar factory John Pagano.
Besides the great food distribution chain present in Catania in the mall Katané, the initiative has so far also joined tendaho sugar factory the Conad. "I appeal because other brands will follow suit," added White.
The project, already experienced in other cities of Italy, is the first of its kind in Sicily and as stated the Councillor Trojan horse "will start in October and November and will be fully phased in December before Christmas." The food collected will be stored by non-profit agency, provides that the City will be "identified with special notice to ensure maximum transparency." A committee composed of representatives of the City and hypermarkets members identify associations that will distribute food to people in real need. In short, they communicate by the City, will be launched calls for the associations' which must be distributed uniformly over the territory and subject to supervision by the Committee, "said the commissioner. And White points out that the latter "will be very strict."
Publisher: Step2 Cultural Association Catania