The Food Banks Network has transformed since its establishment more than 39,000 tonnes of products into over 76 million meals, distributed to 325,000 vulnerable people through partner organisations, according to an analysis by the Federation of Food Banks in Romania (FBAR). "Romania remains trapped in a scenario of extremes: we rank among the leading countries in Europe for food waste, with more than 3.45 million tonnes of food discarded in 2022 (Eurostat), while almost 28 per cent of Romanians