According to the report of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1.3 billion tons of waste is wasted annually in the world.FAO;He says that if one fourth of this waste could be saved, 821 million hungry people in the world could be fed.In Turkey, approximately 26 billion tons of food is wasted annually, and Turkey ranks 3rd among the 10 countries with the highest food wastage with 93 kg/year per capita.To change this picture, first of all, awareness of food waste needs to be raised and each of us needs to take action.The Don't Waste project, which is in its third year, is an important private sector and NGO collaboration that set out with this goal.P&G Turkey, Caucasus and Central Asia CMO and Vice President of Marketing Dr.We spoke with Onur Yaprak and the Founder and CEO of Surplus Food, Founding Member of the Food Rescue Association Olcay Silahlı...OLCAY ARMED MORE FOOD FOUNDER AND CEO, FOUNDING MEMBER OF FOOD RESCUE ASSOCIATION“Food loss;It is used for losses in the amount or nutritional value of the food in the steps before it reaches the consumer.Food waste, on the other hand, is the general definition of food that goes to waste after food distribution is completed, although it is suitable for human consumption.It usually occurs in the last steps of the supply chain, which can be called sales and consumption, and mostly from human sources.Looking at the overall supply chain, almost half of food loss and waste occurs at home;it is seen that the remaining half occurs in other steps of the chain.Even though we see food as a blessing in our culture and come across the words 'We don't waste it', the figures show that we waste 93 kilograms of food per person per year in our households.With this amount, unfortunately, we are in the first place in the world.In addition, studies show that 40 percent of the food produced in Turkey is wasted, and the economic value of this waste is approximately 300 billion TL per year.At this point, we come across two critical points while defining the role of society.The first is to accept your waste.Second, to prevent and reduce waste at source.Because if we think that almost half of the food waste is created by us in the household, we all have a great responsibility in this journey where we say 'stop wasting'.Some of them are as follows;planned shopping, correct storage conditions, sufficient cooking and reviewing the portions, re-evaluating the surplus or sharing it in a solidarity culture, using the products that cannot be used as compost by making compost.”“As the Food Rescue Association, we provide capacity support and free consultancy for the needy identification operations of the NGOs and local governments that we work with, which we call food banks, throughout Turkey.As part of the Waste Campaign, we are doubling our impact with the support of Fairy.With the support of Fairy Turkey, we carried out a two-stage project in order to expand the operations of the Food Rescue Association in the Aegean and Mediterranean regions, where food rescue activities cannot be carried out yet and where those in need cannot benefit from food banking applications.In the first stage, we provided food aid to 145 thousand people in the Aegean Region and 185 thousand people in the Mediterranean Region.Thus, we increased the number of 330 thousand people to whom the Food Rescue Association provides regular monthly food aid to 660 thousand people.In the second phase of our project, we focused on raising awareness in the society about food waste.In this context, it enabled the activation of 50 new food donation points.Training was given to 300 personnel positioned at donation points.Thanks to the logistics infrastructure established with the Don't Waste campaign, a total of 7 million TL worth of products were brought together with the needy.”DR.ONUR YAPRAK P&G TURKEY, CAUCASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA CMO AND VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING“As an institution, we also consider sustainability from a broad perspective.Our project with the Food Rescue Association aims to support the food sustainability infrastructure in Turkey.We are present in 7 out of 10 houses with our Fairy brand.We are a brand that constantly talks and listens to its consumers.We are working to increase the awareness of our consumers.The name of our roof project is also directly related to your question: 'Don't Waste'.With this approach, we support inclusive savings.Wasting is a platform where we raise awareness of our consumers in both electricity, water and other items.In addition, in cooperation with the Food Rescue Association, we save food that should not be wasted, from packaged foods to vegetables, and deliver it to those in need.If you say why you turned to saving food.We chose food, as it is the most discarded item in households and at the same time it is the waste item that can save the most with the measures to be taken.Thanks to the work carried out under the sponsorship of Fairy, the Food Rescue Association prevented the waste of 7 million TL worth of food.We have reached 660,000 needy people in total.”“The issue of environmental sustainability is our sensitive point.Although there was no special regulation in the past years, Fairy took useful steps to breathe the sea by removing the phosphate in its formula.We also worked with TUDAV (Turkish Marine Research Foundation) there, and with our motto Don't Let Fish Drown, we did not harm the environment thanks to the change in our formula, and we cleaned the shores together with our consumers.On the other hand, all of our innovations stand out as efforts to consume less electricity and water.Our formulas, which do not require pre-wash, save millions of liters of water.Thanks to its superior formula, which is effective even in cold water, hand washing dishwashing detergents provide excellent results even when you reduce the degree of dishwashing water from 50 to 30.This step reduces the carbon footprint of the dishwashing process by 50 percent and enables our consumers to save energy.We are determined to prevent waste with our innovations.”Follow the developments in the world of economy.What would you like us to deliver to you?Written and visual content on the Dunya.com website;Even if the source is given without permission, it cannot be copied partially or completely, cannot be used elsewhere.Market data FOREKS Bilgi İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.provided by.BIST stocks, VIOP and bond-bill data are given with a 15-minute delay.BIST name and logo are protected under the "protection trademark certificate" and cannot be used, quoted or changed without permission.The copyright of all information disclosed under the name of BIST belongs entirely to BIST and cannot be republished.This site uses cookies in accordance with KVKK and GDPR in order to personalize your experience.You can review the cookie policy and lighting text pages for detailed information on this subject.By using our site, you agree to our use of cookies.