FOOD WASTE Why do people want to waste food? Why do people want to waste food? Fewer people would be hungry, less gases would be released to the air because we would need less food. In poor countries, most food is wasted during production and distribution. Instead, in rich countries, consumers waste the most food. It goes without saying that some food is wasted along the chain. Greenhouse gas poluutes the planet more than even CO2. Food waste that ends up in landfills produces a large amount of methane. The greenhouse gases such as methane, CO2 and chlorofluorocarbons absorb infrared radiation and heat up the earth's atmosphere, causing global warming and climate change. As a first step, priority should be given to balancing production with demand. This essentially translates to lesser use of natural resources to produce food which is not needed. Harvesting, processing, and distributing processes If it is not enough, it ...
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Food Waste How much food is wasted (in euro) each year in Europe? You can do that and at the same time help the community by stopping food waste. You can stop food waste at your house by following three simple steps. It does not take much effort. Just do these three easy things: First of all, the easiest thing you can do is check how much food you have in your fridge. Before you go to the grocery, you can check the quantity of food you have already. In this way you do not have the risk of buying something that you already have. Then if you already have it you will have the risk of not using it, and obviously it will get old and then you will through it away even though you didn’t even open it. The second step, is to check the best by dates while you are at the grocery store. If you realise that you will not eat that product in those days or you are not sure, just don’t buy it. Otherwise, if you do buy it, buy it and then you do not use it, you will waste food,...
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