philippo balder feeds her family with food that someone else has thrown away the term for such scraps in the local language tagalog is pagpag about 13000000 people in the philippines can't afford 3 meals a day this is the other side of the philippines though prosperous and waste for all you can eat buffets are very popular with those who can pay for them of course restaurants throw away all a lot of the food they prepare. to receive you are wasting a lot of resources that is what is on the tree and some just if you. think keep you close the process will transfer much stronger history you would so on obesity is hard once you get into that. melody mello reich runs the sustainable production and consumption project of the n.g.o.s w w f l o pains she advises restaurants and hotels on ways to reduce waste today she's visiting the resort town of to gate 10 it's about an hour and a half drive from manila members of the city's growing middle class like to spend the weekend here chilling out and eating while the picnic grove is a park where people do exactly what the name suggests many bring a