When Italian architect Carlo de Sanctis went to a friend’s wedding on the outskirts of Rome two years ago, he did not expect to find himself discussing food waste. As the party was winding down, de Sanctis and his friends ended up wondering what the waiter next to them would do with the uneaten food he had started to collect. “We asked him what they were going do with all this leftover food and he…
From weddings to the Olympics, the race to end food waste quickens
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