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"I wholeheartedly support this report because the current level of food wastage must not be allowed to grow any further, and we must tackle it by means of instruments as well as through a culture that will illustrate the causes and effects at an economic, environmental and social level. When faced with a phenomenon which, in the last 30 years, has increased by 50%, with consequences that are not only ethical but also economic, environmental, social, nutritional and health-related, it does not seem ethically sustainable for about 80 million people in Europe to live below the poverty line. The tonnes of still edible food that are thrown into rubbish bins require disposal, a process which is often very expensive at both an economic and environmental level, and one which society itself is forced to pay when it could be doing much, often unconsciously, to limit its impact. I therefore believe that today’s vote is the start of a regulatory path through which, in future, we will be able to reconcile the needs of consumers, in terms of hygiene and information, through differentiated and simplified forms of packaging that are cheaper for businesses and which, therefore, lead to lower retail prices."@en1
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