Milan’s food waste initiative wins £1 million Earthshot prize to scale to more cities

The City of Milan and the Republic of Costa Rica are among the first ever Earthshot Prize winners, an initiative founded by Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.

Each winner will receive £1 million (US$1.37 million) prize money and a global network of support to scale their pioneering environmental solutions.

The City of Milan, Italy, won the award in the Build a Waste-free World category for its food waste hubs.

As the first major city to enforce a city-wide food waste policy, Milan’s Food Waste Hub programme recovers food from local supermarkets and restaurants and distributes it to citizens in need.

The programme was launched in 2019 with the aim of halving waste by 203...