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Home in focus: Going green by saving greens
Ground-up initiative SG Food Rescue helps reduce waste by distributing unwanted food to community fridges, charities
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Neo Xiaobin Executive Photojournalist & Benjamin Seetor Executive Photojournalist, Neo Xiaobin
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The first time Ms Wendy Sexton saw the sheer amount of ugly but edible food discarded as trash at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, she was moved to tears.
While they may not have looked perfect for selling in shops, the kilos of discoloured capsicums, bruised tomatoes, misshapen eggplants, overly ripe bananas and slightly blemished vegetables could have been served up at any table, said the part-time lecturer at the National Institute of Early Childhood Development.
