Russia’s first public refrigerator opens November 13 at the Vasilyevsky island in Saint Petersburg. This was told by the curator of the project “Foddering. Give the gift of food” by Alexander Light, reports on Thursday, November 10, kp.ru.
According to her, public fridge is a place where anyone can give unnecessary products or free to take their meals. In this case it could not leave raw meat or fish, eggs, as well as “zapresheno” — sanctions products allowed for import into Russia for personal use only.
Volunteers will regularly conduct an audit of the fridge and to monitor its purity. “We will prepare the labels. You will need to write the date when you get something put”, — said Light.
The curator said that the project would assist poor people. “But we hope that not only for them. That will come, and people who, for some reason uncomfortable to share food in our group in the social network,” she said.
Light explained that according to statistics one third of all products in the world is wasted and the project is aimed at solving this problem. Thus, according to her, in a group project in social networks, people often exchange sweets and cakes, and cereals. To transfer the remaining food in the refrigerator will also a number of cafes.
The movement of foddering focused on the collection and distribution of surplus food. In particular, in Germany in 2012, has created an online platform for sharing food. Now it operates also in Austria and Switzerland.