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To Keep Food From The Trash Bin, Spanish City Sets Up A Communal Fridge

NPR | By Lauren Frayer
Published August 23, 2015 at 5:15 PM EDT

People in the Spanish city of Bilbao have a mission: to cut down on food waste. Now, to prevent food from going directly into the garbage, residents just send it to the Solidarity Fridge. (This story first aired on August 13 on Morning Edition.)

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Lauren Frayer
Lauren Frayer covers India for NPR News. In June 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.
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