Germans launch food sharing website

Riding to the rescure.

This Berlin student is dropping off
some fresh breads

a bakery couldn't sell before closing
and some leftovers

from his home fridge.

I am going out for the holidays

and I still have a lot of food left.

I can't get these with me
because it's too much.

This tea shop is one of the scores
of drop off and pick up points in Berlin

for food that would otherwise go to waste.

Raphael Fellmer is one of the founders
of the food sharing website

He says the focus is not primarily
on helping poor people.

But on saving food with volunteers
or food savers.

You don't have to be poor,
you don't have to be rich.

The only thing you have to be
is a little bit aware of the normal rules,

like being punctual, being clean
with the place where you rescue the food,

be nice to the shop owners,
and to the employees,

as well as to the other food savers.

This bakery is one of the 270 businesses
in Berlin using the website.

This website is in German, that means
businesses in Austria, Switzerland

and the rest of Germany can also use it.

At this point, over 1,000 have decided
to do so.

Fellmer gets the day to delivery
unsold bread and sandwiches.

He uploads the picture to the website
which let hungry users know

when and where to come and get it.

If you signed up to help rescue food,
it also tells you when you have to pickup,

and where to leave it,
or how to get food yourself.

Fellmer is back to the tea shop for
another delivery.

He says the actions are local,
but as Germany imports lots of food,

the effect reach wide.

Every time we
throw something here away,

we are contributing to starvation
in the world.

By reducing the waste,
we can really help on a global scale.

A final food rescue takes place with
leftovers from a school cafeteria.

Anyone can volunteer, the food is free.

However, the real satisfaction
is not in the eating, but the sharing.

Nick Spicer, Aljazeera, Berlin.