With the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbating food security issues in many countries, China, too, has been on alert. Public organizations, businesses and citizens have stepped up efforts to stem food waste as President Xi Jinping repeatedly stressed the importance of food security throughout 2020. In August, China launched a nationwide anti-food waste initiative, “Operation Empty Plate,” which had started in 2013 as a grassroots movement.In fact, if every person in China saves just one grain of rice, all that can feed 280,000 people for a year. This is the idea behind Clear Plate, a WeChat mini-prog...
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