The National Environment Agency (NEA) to Launch Campaign to Get People to Cut Food Waste in Singapore

by Siti Zawani @ 27 Nov 2015
The National Environment Agency (NEA) to Launch Campaign to Get People to Cut Food Waste in Singapore The National Environment Agency (NEA) is launching a campaign next week to encourage the public to decrease their food wastage. This comes on the back of a study by the NEA and the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) which showed that many people in Singapore are not comfortable with wasting food. However, the study also found that the biggest reason Singaporeans choose to cut down food waste is not to save the environment, but to save money.

In 2014, consumers threw away 687,200 tonnes of food. According to the study, eight in 10 respondents felt bothered about throwing away uneaten food, while 90% of them felt that it was a waste of money. Concern for the environment "came a close second”, said NEA and AVA. For the full story, read it here: http://goo.gl/8qpMWw