Hello to anyone who reads this,
Even in a first world country such as Belgium poverty is still present, though not as prevalent as it may be in other countries. Because of this, there are many food banks present, all under one larger organization. I'm going to be looking into the fact if this is a sustainable organization. The first question is of course: where does this food come from? Most of the products gathered are products that could have been both imported or made here in Belgium. This already doesn't seem good.
There is however a large twist to this. These products aren't explicitly imported for the food banks, instead, they are products that would've been thrown into the trash otherwise. Thanks to this, they reduce waste by a large amount. However, they don't solely rely on wasted food, no. A large part, about a third, of their donations, are from the European food bank federation. This may cause some emissions due to it having to be transported to Belgium, but it's not nearly as far as it would be if it came from another continent.