3,300 families reached and 152,000 meals redistributed, with over 76 tonnes of surplus food collected in 2020 alone: these are the results of the first two years of life of the Milanese Local Hubs against food waste: one in the Isola district inaugurated in January 2019 and one in the Lambrate district opened in October 2020.
On the occasion of the National Day for the prevention of food waste, the monitoring of data carried out by the Politecnico di Milano shows that the “Isola Hub” gathered together 7 brands of large retailers (LIDL Italia, Esselunga, Carrefour, NaturaSi, Erbert, Coop Lombardia, Il Gigante), with 9 retail outlets, and 14 non-profit organizations; while 5 brands (Esselunga, Il Gigante, Bennet, LIDL Italia, Penny Market), with 8 retail outlets, and 11 non-profit organizations are connected to the “Lambrate Hub”.
Even against the difficulties of the current period, the results of the first Hub in Isola and the recently opened Hub in Lambrate have demonstrated the sustainability of a model that is based on structured operational processes and solid cross-sector collaboration.
says Alessandro Perego, Director of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.
The success of the project is confirmed by the fact that two new local hubs are scheduled to open in the coming months, in the Corvetto and Gallaratese areas.
The Neighbourhood Hubs against food waste project involves many organisations: in addition to the Politecnico di Milano and Assolombarda, partners of the Comune di Milano in the Food Policy project, the project involves Banco Alimentare della Lombardia, Qubi Programme – Fondazione Cariplo, BCC Milano, Avis Milano, NUMBER 1 Logistics Group and Deutsche Bank. The opening of the two new hubs in the coming months will be possible thanks to the support of Fondazione Snam (Corvetto) and Fondazione Milan (Gallaratese).
