THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LEGAL ADVOCACY IN REDUCING EXCESSIVE FOOD CONSUMPTION

Abstract

This article examines the problem of food scarcity in the world, including the fact that thousands of tons of food are turned into waste each year, as a consequence of which millions of people in the world experience hunger. Examples are shown and data on the reduction of excessive food consumption through ecological and legal advocacy are described, and possibilities of providing surplus food to the poor through charity are described. In this regard, it is noted that often at wedding ceremonies one can observe excessive consumption of food, which leads to a large amount of waste. In this regard, representatives of law enforcement agencies in their work on environmental and legal advocacy regularly inform the population about this negative situation and measures to eliminate this phenomenon. The article also deals with the foreign experience of creating an electronic platform where entrepreneurs and other business entities provide information about surplus products, and volunteers have the opportunity to redirect these goods to the poor in need of foodstuffs. The aim of the study is to develop proposals and recommendations on the provision of financial support for food banks to purchase equipment necessary for processing, packaging, and storage of food products, vehicles necessary for their transportation, the introduction of the procedure of providing vacant buildings on the basis of free rent for the tasks described above.