奥地利人为打击食物浪费用面包造啤酒
Turning bread into beer to fight food waste
Stale bread.
不新鲜的面包。
Every year it's estimated that Austria throws away enough bread to feed over a million people.
据估计,奥地利人每年扔掉的面包够养活一百多万人。
But the leftover bread at this shop isn't destined for the bin.
但这家店卖剩下的面包不会被丢到垃圾箱。
It's being made into beer - part of efforts to prevent food waste.
而是被用来酿造啤酒,这正是酿酒者为防止食物浪费所做的努力。
In our little shop that we have in Vienna, we have each day a couple of buns left over which, as such is not a problem.
“在我们维也纳的小店里,每天会剩下几个小圆面包,这并不成问题。
But if you look at it - throughout the month, you'll realise it accumulates and what else could you do with this leftover bread?
但如果按每月的剩余量来看,你就会发现积少成多,那么就会想还能如何利用这些剩面包呢?
So we started getting creative and thought of beer.
所以我们开始发挥创意,想到用它来制造啤酒。”
Making beer out of bread is an old tradition which dates back to Ancient Egypt.
用面包制造啤酒是一个传统手艺,其历史可追溯到古埃及。
This is a niche product. It can't compete with the huge breweries.
这是一个小众产品,不能和大型酿酒厂的啤酒相提并论。
But its producers say it's about raising awareness of the problem of food waste.
但它的生产者们说,这样做是为了增强人们对食物浪费问题的认识。
So every time they crack open a bottle of bread beer these Austrians know they're taking a small step towards fighting food waste.
所以每打开一瓶“面包啤酒”,这些奥地利人就知道他们在打击食品浪费方面迈出了一小步。