SINGAPORE - Close to 100 partners, including hotels, food and beverage outlets and schools, have pledged to reduce food wastage and the use of disposables in the National Environment Agency's campaign launched on Monday .
Companies will encourage their customers to plan their meals in advance and to indicate if they want smaller food portions so as to reduce food wastage. Of the 95 organisations supporting NEA's campaign, 45 of them are new, while the remaining 50 have been on board since last year. Together, they encompass more than 2,100 premises this year.
Since this month, DBS has partnered with Chopeto offer discounts of up to 50 per cent off at a slew of dining outlets in the final hours before closing, to reduce the amount of fresh produce wasted.The coffee shop will be repurposing used coffee grounds as lifestyle products such as scrubs and fertilisers from this month onwards.Food waste, which is one of the largest waste streams in Singapore, has increased by about 20 per cent over the last 10 years, said NEA.