Food Bank Singapore

Food Bank Singapore
The corporate logo of Food Bank Singapore
Formation August 2012 (2012-08)
Founder Nichol Ng
Nicholas Ng
Founded at Singapore
Type Company Limited by Guarantee
Registration no. 201200654E[1]
Legal status Charity, Institutions of a Public Character (IPC)[1]
Services Foodbanking
Fields Social and Welfare
Affiliations The Global Foodbanking Network
Website foodbank.sg

The Food Bank Singapore Ltd. is a registered Charity and Institution of a Public Character (IPC) in Singapore.[1] It operates as a foodbank that collects excess food from food suppliers and re-distributes them to organisations such as old folks' homes, family service centres and soup kitchens.[2] It is a member of the Global Foodbanking Network.[3]

History

In Singapore the National Environment Agency publishes annual statistics, they show there are 788,600 Tonnes of food is wasted annually in Singapore, the recycling rate is only 13% (where as the overall recycling rate is 60%).[4]

Services

Food Bank Singapore provides the following services and programmes:[5]

  • Food rescue with collecting excess foods from their own bins. Google (3 August 2015). "Food Bank Singapore bins" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 August 2015. .

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Organisation Profile Details". Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  2. ↑ "War on food waste". The New Paper. 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  3. ↑ "The Global Food Bank Community". The Global FoodBanking Network. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  4. ↑ "Waste Statistics and Recycle Rate for 2014". Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Food Bank Singapore Programmes and Events". Retrieved 10 August 2015.


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