Following the introduction of new legislation against food waste in France, activists continue voicing their concerns and demanding the passing of legislations forcing department stores and markets not to waste food. Waste is currently estimated at 1.3 billion tonnes per year, which is more than four times the quantity required to solve the world hunger crisis. Calls have been issued to help speed up the achievement of the United Nations' target to cut all food waste by 2030.
In Morocco, a member of the Commission for Social Issues in the House of Representatives, parliamentary Khadija Obladi, confirmed that the proposal of a draft law on this subject is deemed very important, confirming that they will embark on the preparation of a proposal for presentation to the Social Commission as soon as possible.
In a statement to Hespress, Obladi reported that there is keenness to examine the extent to which the idea is accepted, as well as its potential success within the community and study its suitability within Moroccan law, then work on the involvement of all parliamentarians from different political parties.
Legally, lawyer and human rights activist Abdelmalek Azaaazza confirmed in a statement to the newspaper Hespress that there is nothing to prevent a law criminalising wasting food, especially at the level of department stores and wholesale markets.
