(Adnkronos) - “Il bilancio è molto positivo: oltre 75 milioni di euro di merce donata e 25 milioni e mezzo di pasti garantiti a tantissime persone. Da questo progetto è nata anche la consuetudine di donare, oltre a cibo in scatola, anche carne, latticini, frutta e verdura”. E’ quanto affermato da Alfredo De Bellis, presidente di Coop Lombardia, in occasione dei 20 anni di ‘Buon fine’, il progetto che si impegna nel recupero di generi alimentari invenduti donandoli ad associazioni ed enti caritativi sul territorio. Per celebrare l’anniversario, si è svolto un evento a Milano, anche in vista della Giornata Internazionale contro lo Spreco Alimentare, che ricorre il 5 febbraio.
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00:00I think it's a very positive balance, more than 75 million euros of merchandise donated,
00:0925 and a half million meals guaranteed to many people in these 20 years, and already
00:17only this, I want to say, gives the dimension of the important commitment that Coplombardia
00:22with its partners, with its customers, has put into practice in these first 20 years of
00:27the project.
00:28Then there are a whole other series of positive aspects, which we will later value, describe
00:34and emphasize.
00:35I quote some of them, from this project it was also born the tendency to donate not only
00:45packaged food, food in a box, to people, but also and above all, because now we are
00:50at about 85-86% of donated food with these characteristics, but we have also started
00:58to donate meat, dairy products, fruit, vegetables, so people who benefit from the Bonfine project
01:05in the various territories of Lombardy can really see a complete meal coming, so
01:11not just food in a box, and I believe that this is one of the most important aspects
01:16of this project.
01:17Then there are a whole other series of aspects, for example, the other very important aspect
01:21is that of reducing the environmental impact, because this food, thanks to the two laws
01:26that were there over the years, has become a waste, because it had to be thrown away,
01:32instead it has become a resource and has fed the chain of solidarity.
01:37From this project, then, parallel projects were born, which have given even more strength
01:42and even more reason to be part of the project, a project that was born, it's called Dona
01:48la Spesa, which is always part of the great family of Bonfine, and it is what allows us
01:53to continue to give food to people, because we have prepared, outside the shops
02:00of Copp Lombardia, spaces where partners and customers can buy food and
02:05can donate it to the project, and therefore, in addition to the food donated by Copp Lombardia
02:12for the traditional channel, we also have this activity, for a few years now.
02:17Another fundamental aspect, we have introduced another aspect of the Bonfine project, which
02:23we have called Mangiami Subito, so in Copp Lombardia it is possible to buy, with highly
02:29discounted prices, food close to expiration, really closing the circle of this project.