Special shelves with free goods may appear in Russian stores. The corresponding bill is already ready, it will soon be submitted to the State Duma, writes the Izvestia newspaper.
The media notes that the authorities may oblige Russian retail chains and grocery stores to create shelves with products that are about to expire.
When developing the initiative, the authors of the project referred to Rosstat data, according to which the volume of food waste in the country is 17 million tons, and the cost of these products is estimated at 1.6 trillion rubles. The largest amount of food waste comes from essential goods: grains, dairy products and vegetables. At the same time, 60.4% of citizens pay about half of their monthly income for food, almost all of their earnings go to food for 16%.
The developers of the initiative propose not to throw away such expired products, but to send them to people – according to estimates, this would feed about 30 million people.
According to the project, pensioners and socially vulnerable categories of citizens will have free access to such shelves. To pick up the goods, Russians will need to provide documents – pension certificates and certificates.
Source: Rosbalt
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