On video: http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/video/201 ... Econologie
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In France, between 20 and 30 kg of food are thrown away each year per inhabitant, and 140 kg per person throughout the food chain. "Throwing a baguette is to let empty an entire bathtub, throwing a kilo of beef, it's 15 liters of wasted water," said Jean-Pierre Decool (Les Républicains), co-signer of the text, adding that food waste represents each year in France "000 meals per household, figures to make us dizzy".
What about the law? The article is very laconic ...