There is a phone booth in the old town of Coburg (Germany) where rescued food is available for the taking.
Everyone has access to the yellow telephone booth in Coburg's old town. This functions as a so-called "fair divider" of Foodsharing, an organization that rescues food that is still edible and deposits it in publicly accessible places. People who can use it can anonymously take out the rescued food there.
Volunteer food rescue
Through the Foodsharing website, interested people can register and see where to pick up which food, as there are several fair distributors in the city. Foodsharing volunteers next to receive food donations from supermarkets, markets and restaurants and check them for edibility before they end up in the fair dividers. The phone booth on Metzgerstraße in Coburg is located in front of the Diakonie office and is open continuously. Most of the time, you can find bread and baked goods there.
Ebay purchase
In cooperation with the Diakonie and the city of Coburg, Foodsharing had purchased the former phone booth on Ebay and restored it. According to those responsible, it took about a year until it was ready for use.
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More information: https://www.watson.de/nachhaltigkeit/gute%20nachricht/583123888-gute-nachrichten-telefonzelle-in-coburg-wird-neuer-foodsharing-standort