In Switzerland about one third of our food does not end up on our plate instead it goes into the bin. With an average waste of 330kg per person and a population of 8’500’000’000 people we are wasting 2’800’000’000kg of food every year.
what can we do about that?
1. Do not shop hungry: It is common knowledge that when you are hungry while grocery shopping you end up with much more food than you actually need.
2. Think befor you buy: Plan your meals that you will eat through out the week and buy exactly what you need for that. Like that you can avoid buying food that you will not use.
3. Store your food properly: If food is stored properly it looks longer good and extends its shelf life. For example vegetables and fruit like a humidity at around 60% therefore store it in the fridge!
In my opinion everyone should try and rethink their way of buying and making use out of their food because it is a problem that affects us all.
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was ist food waste (foodwaste.ch)
foodwaste receip (dontwastemyenergie.ch)