Let me go to the buffet, I'm a climate savior!
Food and saving the climate at the same time? That's probably every environmentalist's dream. With SIRPLUS, it's possible: We assume that if you, for example, save a carton of milk with us, you won't need to buy it in a regular supermarket. This not only reduces the production of one carton, but also saves 1950 grams of CO2 (equivalent to about a 10 km car journey).
From an economic perspective, this leads to a long-term decrease in demand and especially production, because the current waste of one-third of all food worldwide translates into a highly inefficient value chain. In Europe, as much as 50% of all food is wasted. This means that we produce and import far more food than we actually need.
Through SIRPLUS, we increase the appreciation of food, ensuring that all the resources used are not unnecessarily wasted, but instead end up in our stomachs. We are convinced that together with you we can sustainably reduce waste!
Based on our approach to calculating CO2 emissions per food item, together with you rescuers, we have already saved over 1.2 million meals in the first 9 months, which equates to over 140,000 kg of CO2 that has been returned to the cycle thanks to you.
This is equivalent to the amount of emissions we would generate if we took a road trip around the equator in a standard car and circled it 20 times. In other words, we achieve the same effect as if we had taken 79 cars off the road for a year.
This is not only a good reason to eat delicious rescued food, but also a great start to taking action against climate change. Visit our SIRPLUS online shop here to learn more and conveniently unleash your inner rescuer from home, making the world a better place bite by bite!
If you want to know how many emissions your meal consumes, you can calculate it via www.eaternity.org .
