Less food waste: more community benefit from school kitchens
Rezero, working with the Barcelona City Council and the La Noguera City Council, developed a programme that channels surplus food from school canteens to community benefit rather than the bin. The collaboration maps the flow of leftovers, works with catering providers to reduce production overruns, and connects remaining surpluses with food banks and social organisations.
When & where
- Ongoing during school terms at participating Barcelona city schools and La Noguera comarca schools
- Programme runs through catering contracts coordinated by Barcelona City Council, La Noguera City Council, and Rezero
How to engage
- If you work in a Barcelona or Catalan school, ask your catering provider and school board about joining Rezero's food surplus programme
- Follow Rezero for the programme's expansion to additional municipalities
- Parents can raise the food surplus topic at school board meetings as a concrete sustainability action
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- Programme support: Rezero
- Partners: Barcelona City Council + La Noguera City Council
- Report chapter: ZWE State of Zero Waste Municipalities, 5th edition