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>> Food Waste - Step In The Right Direction: TESCO Is Going To Donate Unsold Food To Charity

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For a new initiative TESCO announced that  it is committed to ZERO food wastage in its stores by the end of 2017 . The plan is to support  5,000 local charities and groups, instead of sending tons and tons of food to the bin. A recently published report shows, that an unbelievable   55,400 tonnes of food were allegedly thrown away at Tesco stores across the United Kingdom in 2015 .  Because I have read a similar news story a while ago in my home country, I did some research about this topic and found out that about  18 million tonnes of food produced in Germany are going to the bin yearly. How is it possible, that in 2016 this is happening? Is the world getting better, are we improving based on progress in technology and logistics or is it actually getting worse because of carelessness and ignorance? Where is the disruption app for this.. Unfortunately I can not pack it all up personally and send it to the countries where peopl...

>> Hallelujah - Leonardo DiCaprio Has Finally Won An Oscar!! Even The Polar Bears Are Happy!

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Leonardo DiCaprio with his Oscar  (screenshot) Wait - who photo shopped an Oscar statue into Leonardo DiCaprio 's hand? That is what you might think if you missed the actual awards ceremony last night and all news coverage of it today. But No - it is all real!  It finally happened! After 5 previous nominations and countless internet memes about his awardlessness, the academy of motion pictures has finally recognized Leo for his acting abilities in ' The Revenant '.  The actor and active environmentalist also used the world's biggest platform, t o speak up for an important cause that affects us all : climate change . He said:  "Making The Revenant was about man's relationship to the natural world. A world that in 2015, was the hottest year in recorded history and our production had to move to the southern tip of this planet, just to be able to find snow. Climate change is real and it's happening right now. It's the most urgent threat f...