Public pressure pushes anti food-waste law in France! Ask your MP to act up on waste now: http://bit.ly/1YWfUcn France has brought through a momentous piece of legislation forcing supermarkets to give away unsold food, and banning them from destroying any food products fit for consumption. French local councilor Arash Derambarsh and endorser of Stop the Rot campaign said this is ‘a historic victory’ and highlighted that ‘it is extremely rare for a law to be passed so quickly and with unanimous support’. Derambarsh’s ‘Manifeste contre le gaspillage’ has been pushing the issue of food waste in the French Assembly. This campaign has only been running since December 2014, but Arash’s tireless efforts to integrate social action, public mood and political will have made it incredibly swift and effective. This law will include education programmes for schools and businesses and feed into France’s plan to reduce food waste by 50% by 2025. Arash said of Stop the Rot: “Supermarkets don’t just waste in their stores – this is just the tip of the iceberg. Their policies also hugely affect the far greater amount of food waste in their supply chains – we need to pressure them to be transparent and to tackle these mountains of waste.” Back in the UK we are seeing positive signs as Kerry McCarthy MPs ‘Food Waste (Reduction) Bill’ is moving through parliament with supporters on all sides of the political spectrum pushing for firm action on food waste. The bill includes a legal obligation for supermarket redistribution, auditing of food waste on farms and a 30% reduction by 2025. This bill goes for a Second Reading in Parliament on the 29th January, you can ask your MP to support the motion here: http://bit.ly/1YWfUcn France have shown that people power works, so let's start a shift towards what France have achieved this week!