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RECOVERY AND MANAGEMENT OF SURPLUS FOOD

An integral part of the program is taken ashore and donated to people Office and the local Border Control 22, 2017; in what was a first for
the surplus food donation scheme in need; these “ready to eat” meals, Public Health & Safety Agency. global shipping, the first delivery
launched by Costa with the food which are prepared on board but not The ground-breaking nature of this ashore of surplus food was offloaded
23,000 bank charity Fondazione Banco served to guests, would previously project and the associated multi- and donated to Fondazione L’Ancora,
PORTIONS DONATED
FROM JULY 2017 Alimentare Onlus. In a self- have been discharged at sea. This is a stakeholder approach have resulted which runs a shelter for disadvantaged
TO MARCH 2018 contained system like the ship, with great opportunity for Costa to retrieve in a blueprint that can be used in the youth in the town of Varazze (near
a very large number of meals served unserved food and, using the network future by other shipping companies, Savona). This project is ongoing and
TOGETHER WITH
BANCO ALIMENTARE each day, it is virtually impossible to of one of the biggest charitable who will be able to implement this Costa plans to extend it to other ports
completely eliminate the surplus. The organizations, distribute it via local model for the management of surplus in Italy and the Mediterranean and to
introduction of Law no. 166/2016 (the associations to the needy, creating a food (characteristics, preservation also expand the scale of operations
so-called “Gadda Law”) concerning the different type of relationship between and transport) so that they can by persuading other operators to
donation to charity and distribution ship and shore. Before we could do donate it ashore while guaranteeing take part. In December 2017 the
of food and pharmaceutical products this, we had to fulfill specific new compliance with food safety scheme started operating in the
in order to reduce waste, allowed us procedures for the preparation of standards. Port of Civitavecchia in favor of La
to start this scheme whereby surplus the food for offloading and work in Our partnership with Banco Alimentare Repubblica dei Ragazzi, a local foster
food on board our ships is retrieved, close consultation with the Customs kicked off officially in Savona on July care group home (see page 83).