SINGAPORE — Crushed cereal boxes, dented tuna cans and torn labels. These are things you rarely see on supermarket shelves in Singapore, and it is not by chance. Items deemed not good enough to sell are sieved out by supermarkets during the quality control process.
In the past, most of these items would have ended up in the trash. But as the issue of waste gains traction among the buying public, things are slowly changing.
Since 2015, supermarket chain FairPrice has been working with food charity Food from the Heart (FFTH) to redirect items from its 140-odd outlets to families and individuals who need them.
FFTH chief executive Sim Bee Hia told The Sunday Times that about …
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