Food wastage are greater in köttfria day

In Luleå wants to protect the climate. Therefore, they have introduced a vegetarian day a week in their dining rooms. But now it turns out that the shrinkage increases at the köttfria days, type SVT News, Norrbotten.

Luleå municipality has a kostpolitiskt program. One of the initiatives has been a köttfri day of the week for the municipal schools. The underlying objective is to bet on the climate. But now reports to SVT News, Norrbotten that the students in the gymnasiebyns shrinkage is increasing in the vegetarian days.

– most eat 800 or 850 students in our dining room. One day, when there is a vegan casserole on the menu, this number can be 500, say, a cook to the channel.

The average dropout rate is 20 percent on these days. Some köttfria days it can be up to 40 per cent. The reason will be that many students choose to eat elsewhere.

Medborgarförslag if less vegetarian

A high school student has filed a medborgarförslag decreased range of vegetarian diets in school. It was rejected by the children and education committee in Luleå.

– It is a waste of money and cooking to cook food as students will not eat. We want to eat the food made in the school. When do we want it to be so good that they want to eat there, " says Carina Sammeli (S), chairman of the children and education committee for the SVT.

She believes that there are some vegetarian dishes that go home – and some that are not as popular. The later work måltidspersonalen to replace or improve.