Denmark leads the battle against food waste in Europe. That success started with one woman (who was not even born in the country, she came from Russia as an immigrant!). She introduced goody bags for people to take food home from restaurants (Europeans don’t have that tradition). She cut banana waste with 90 percent through convincing supermarkets to sell single bananas. Read about Selina Juul, the non-politician leading Denmark’s food waste revolution.
This woman made Denmark cut food waste by 25 percent in 5 years
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