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Vital Signs - Environment
Vital Action
How we treat our environment, and the
impact of climate change can seem
overwhelming, but as individuals we can
make small local changes that together,
make a bigger global impact.
Food Connect Milton Keynes is a food
redistribution service, supporting established
food projects. By using three e-cargo bikes
and an e-van, they share surplus food from
local businesses with the community
via ٩ existing Community Fridges.
Between November 2022 and October
2023, MK Community Fridge and Food
Connect MK were able to share 225
tonnes of food, equalling over half a
million meals. In distributing the food,
they travelled over 26,000 miles
in clean vehicles, saving nearly
6.5 tonnes of greenhouse gases.
As an environmental
charity, cutting food waste
is Hubbub's core
objective and they do not see
the provision of surplus food as a
long-term solution to food poverty.
However, they recognise that for many,
the community fridge and access to free food
is a crucial support in the current economic
climate, and that community fridges have
become valuable community meeting places.
From our team, the shops who
share their surplus food, their
hard-working sta昀昀 I interact
with when collecting, the
network of community fridge
teams and fridge visitors,
everyone is playing their part
to ensure that we are helping
to reduce food waste in a very
positive and environmentally
sustainable way.
Lynette Daniels,
Food Connect Courier 2023
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