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Mohammed Al-Toblany
McGregor
English 120
23 october 2019
Food Waste
Food waste has become a huge issue that is affecting our planet. It is indeed a problem that needs to be solved. Tons of edible food ends up in bins every day, wasting that much of food has adverse effects in United State. When the food gets disposed into landfill it rots and decomposes to form organic gas known as methane greenhouse gas which is 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. Tristram Stuart in his ted talk “The global food waste scandal” talks about how millions of people struggle to have food everyday, “Also, millions of people today are either starving or living in food insecurities” (Stuart, 2012). However, the food that is going to waste could be used to help these people. We waste huge sum of the amount of money that can be used in many different ways because of food waste, money that could be used in so many different ways, like helping the people in developing countries who are starving and cannot support themselves. All of us are responsible, from consumers to food manufacturers to the government. The “sell-by date” or “best by dates”, overstocking, or irresponsible food shopping, or farmers not harvesting “perfect-looking fruit or vegetables” are the main cause of food waste. These causes can be solved with the perception that everyone has to respect and use food carefully with proper planning; for example removing the labels from foods that don’t need it, stores knowing how much they should order, consumers knowing how much , farmers should be trained and given proper equipment to prevent wastage during harvesting, processing companies should comply with regulation safety policies to prevent wastage of food products due to government rejections, the retail shop outlets should invest in order to cook policies.
Today food wastage is majorly caused by poor planning by the consumer. In most cases, people purchase more food without being sure about when and how they will prepare and eat the purchased food. Consequently, the contemporary work schedules and personal or job appointments makes people change their plans or may forget with the previously purchased excess food kinds of stuff. The trend continues which leads to the expiry of the food kinds of stuff due to delayed usage or poor storage. This rotten foodstuff is then thrown away as waste. Moreover, some people due to lack of proper preparation knowledge or job stress and poor planning find themselves making untasteful meals which ends up in the bin (Nari, 2017). Wastage of food in some cases is caused by purchasing excess or preparing an excess meal. Some perishable foodstuffs such as vegetables when purchased in excess or prepared more than what people can consume leads to food waste. Excess food served food is always regarded as leftovers that go to waste bin. Also, after purchasing excess food, other people always store food which ends up running out their expiry dates. Such foods kinds of stuff are always tasteless, odorless and end up as waste food (Aubrey, 2015). Also, the confusion by the packaging industry on labeling the food products have immensely contributed to food waste in the economy. Many consumers get confused into purchasing the unplanned foodstuff which ends up in the bin.
Some consumers with the knowledge of the effects of being wasteful causes to the United States, always plan before making their purchase or before preparing their meals. However, they are still forced to feel the effects of food insecurity as a result of errors by industrial processing companies. In the United States, there exist policies that manufacturing companies must adhere to before supplying the consumers with their end products. Errors and confusion during processing stages contribute to almost ten percent of food wastage in America. Failure to comply with food safety protocols leads to rejection of all produced food products and thus becomes waste products. Besides, mismanagement and financial contributions to a higher percentage of food wastage in third world countries. In developing countries, farmers lack the required knowledge of harvesting or the technology required for successful harvesting, storage, and packaging system. perishable foodstuffs such as vegetables require stable infrastructure for its success change of possession. Some countries lack proper infrastructure which makes the market not easily accessible. Their products become waste as they lack preservative machines or finance to transport their products to the market (Oliver, 2015)
Per the saying actions attracts reactions, so does causes of food waste. There are different solutions to the effect that food waste brings to the country. First, the government together with consumers and producers needs to control food productions.
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Balancing of food production with what consumers are willing and able to purchase is an essential factor in reducing the problems of food wastage (Aubrey, 2015) Most of the restaurants and hotels need to balance what they prepare and the number of their consumers and so does the farmers especially those producing perishable food products such as vegetable. The hotels need to reinforce the policy of cook to order.
The government, especially in developing countries, needs to seek help from international bodies to help them acquire special devices or equipment which farmers can use to preserve delicate food products for a longer period without perishing. Also, the marketing system needs expansion by developing road networks in the country (Aubrey, 2015). Lastly, constant training should be organized in the country for farmers to help integrate unto them better methods of harvesting and when to prevent premature products which end up as waste. Government and NGO initiatives should come up and advise consumers on a proper plan of buying and preparing meals. Consumers should purchase food in the small purchase or as per the family orders and number and also prepare meals according to the number available at a given time for meals. This will prevent wastage due to running out expiry periods (Aubrey, 2015).
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To conclude, It is important to note that the discussed causes above could be easily solved with solutions that everyone has to respect and use, for example, removing the labels from foods that don’t need it, stores should know how much they should order, consumers should know how much they need and not buy extra, farmers should be trained and given proper equipment to prevent wastage during harvesting, processing companies should comply with regulation safety policies to prevent wastage of food products due to government rejections, the retail shop outlets should invest in order to cook policies and lastly, government together with NGOs should invest in improving infrastructure in the country. Road networks need to be developed which expands the market system in the country for easy accessibility by farmers.
Work Cited
Aubrey, Allison. “It’s Time To Get Serious About Reducing Food Waste, Feds Say .” National Public Radio Inc, 16 Sept. 2015.
Oliver, John. “Food Waste.” Last Week Tonight. (Links to an external site.) 19 Jul. 2015. Web.
Royte, Elizabeth. “One-Third of Food Is Lost or Wasted: What Can Be Done.” National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2014.
Stuart, Tristan. “The Global Food Waste Scandal.” Ted Talk. TEDSalon, London. Sep 2012.Web.
Wasted: The Story of Food Waste. Directed by Anna Chai and Nari Kye. 2017.
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