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MORE than 100,000 people have urged David Cameron to force supermarkets to give wasted food to charity and offer a delivery service to the poor.
The petition, addressed to the Prime Minister, broke the 100,000 barrier yesterday — enough to trigger a debate in Parliament.
“Rather than wasting millions of pounds’ worth of food that is still usable, make supermarkets donate their leftover products that are still safe to eat to foodbanks,” petition founder Lizzie Swarf said.
She goes on to suggest encouraging better off customers to donate £2 towards a delivery service to “needy people in their area on the delivery run” to ensure essential groceries are delivered to someone in need.
The petition was inspired by a similar law in France where supermarkets are banned from binning leftover food — estimated to be worth £14 billion in the country.
