Budapest has been selected among the top 50 most innovative cities worldwide in the 2025 Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge, the Mayor’s Office announced on Friday. Chosen from over 630 applicants, the Hungarian capital is now eligible for a 50,000 dollar grant to develop and test its proposed initiative, which addresses food waste through a municipally run food processing facility.
The city’s concept centres on repurposing leftover but still edible fruits and vegetables from local markets. Instead of being discarded, these would be processed into nutritious, ready-to-use or ready-to-eat products such as frozen sliced vegetables, jams, or pickles. These foods would then be supplied to public catering services—particularly school cafeterias and elderly care homes.
According to the Mayor’s Office, the project aims to achieve multiple objectives: reduce food waste, improve the quality of nutrition for vulnerable groups, strengthen the local circular economy, and boost income for regional producers by creating a new market for produce that was previously unsellable despite being of good quality.
The entire supply chain—from procurement to processing and delivery—would be coordinated by the municipal government. This centralized model is expected to ensure transparency, operational efficiency, and long-term sustainability.
With this recognition, Budapest joins an elite group of cities experimenting with forward-thinking public policies. The Bloomberg challenge encourages urban centres to pioneer new solutions to pressing global challenges, and Budapest’s proposal positions it at the forefront of sustainable urban food systems.
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