爲解決食物浪費危機 英國任命首任廚餘專員

The British government has appointed a food waste champion to tackle the problem of 250 million meals being thrown away in the UK each year.

近日，英國政府任命了一位廚餘專員以解決該國每年2.5億頓餐食被丟棄的問題。

Ben Elliot, a philanthropist and co-founder of the lifestyle group Quintessentially, will aim to help the government eliminate food waste going to landfill by 2030.

本·艾略特是一位慈善家，也是生活管理集團精英會集團的聯合創始人，他計劃在2030年前幫助政府徹底解決食物浪費的問題。

He was appointed to the unpaid, voluntary role by Michael Gove, the environment secretary.

英國環境大臣邁克爾·戈夫任命艾略特擔任這份無薪、志願性質的工作。

Elliot's first task will be to oversee the Food Waste Fund, a 15 million pounds pilot scheme that will redistribute surplus food, Gove said.

戈夫稱，艾略特的首項任務是監管“食物浪費基金”--一個價值1500萬英鎊、重新配置多餘食品的試點項目。

Currently around 43,000 tons of surplus food is redistributed from retailers and food manufacturers every year, the government says.

英國政府表示，目前每年約有4.3萬噸的多餘食物由零售商和食品生產商進行重新配置。

It is estimated a further 100,000 tons of food -- equating to 250 million meals a year -- is edible and readily available but goes uneaten. Instead, it is sent away for generating energy from waste, or for animal feed.

據估計，還有10萬噸左右可食用的現成食品--相當於一年2.5億噸餐食卻沒被人們食用，而是被用於廢物發電或餵養動物。