Regarding the problem that a large amount of lunch boxes were thrown away without being eaten at the Tokyo Olympics, the Games Organizing Committee revealed that about 130,000 meals were discarded in one month including the Olympic period.
The Organizing Committee says it has been working on improvements and wants to ensure proper ordering at the Paralympics.
Regarding "food loss" at the Tokyo Olympics, we couldn't eat about 4000 meals such as lunch boxes prepared for staff and volunteers at the opening ceremony on July 23, and the same is true at competition venues. Cases came one after another.
At a press conference on the 27th, the Organizing Committee revealed that about 130,000 lunch boxes and other items were discarded during the month from July 3 to August 3, including the Olympic Games.
In the latter half of the Olympic Games, the number of orders was reduced from 10% to 20%, and at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games held on August 24, about 6000 items such as lunch boxes were sold. For the order, the disposal was about 100 pieces.
The Organizing Committee will continue to ensure proper ordering and provide food banks with relatively long expiration dates, such as bread.
Masanori Takaya, a spokesperson for the Organizing Committee, said, "We are improving little by little. It is difficult to completely eliminate it, but we will continue to work on order management."