Unauthorized food rescue: Father distributes food from containers and risks criminal charges

Created: 12/22/2021, 4:24 PM

So-called containers, in which food is rescued from the garbage, is prohibited in Germany.

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The Nuremberg Father Jörg Alt campaigns against food waste.

He fetches food from containers and distributes it for free.

However, this is punishable by law.

Nuremberg - The Jesuit Father Jörg Alt from Nuremberg * declares war on food waste. To do this, however, he resorts to a controversial means: He saves food from garbage containers. Together with activists from the Nuremberg climate camp, he is invading supermarkets and fishing for food from the waste bins, reports the 

. Then they distribute the food - free of charge. 

This is illegal, but Father Alt doesn't seem to care.

"According to Bavarian jurisprudence, containers are stolen from abandoned items from locked containers," he says in an interview with the broadcaster.

"I want a file number.

And I want a public trial, ”adds Alt.

And he will most likely get that too, because the police will arrive during his action and take down his personal details.

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The father wants to set an example with a process.

According to Alt, up to twelve million tons of food are thrown away in Germany * every year, the report says.

For him unimaginable, since almost 800 million people worldwide would be starving at the same time.

Climate change is also being driven forward by this relentless behavior, he continues to tell the

 .

If food is disposed of, not only is it wasted, but also energy, water and other raw materials that are needed for food production. 

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The father demands a food rescue law from the new traffic light government.

"On page 45 of the coalition agreement there is a corresponding declaration of intent," emphasized Alt in an interview with the 

.

This must now be implemented quickly.

Such a law already exists in neighboring France.

Supermarkets are no longer allowed to dispose of food there.  

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