FOOD WASTE

Did you know that more than 222 million tonnes of food are wasted annually? This is equal to more than half of the world's annual cereals crop, but if each person collaborates helping we will make a better world. These are three ways that I recommend you to avoid food waste: Eat the skin, keep your serving sizes in check, and shop smart.

GIRL THROWING FOOD

You might think that eating the skin of fruits vegetables and meat is a stupid thing or its just disgusting, but did you know that throwing your fruit skins away is harmful for food waste? Apart from being harmful, skins have a lot of nutrients for your body. For example, apple skins contain a large amount of fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Chicken skin is packed with nutrients as well, including vitamin A, B vitamins, protein and healthy fats. In fact Not only is eating the skin delicious, it’s economical and reduces your food waste impact.       

        

Second keep your serving sizes in check. Putting too much food in your plate is a problem for everybody, also because you are not going to finish it, and after you are going to throw it away. This is a really big problem in food waste. For example my mom makes a lot of food at new year, and she spends a lot of time doing it. After the food that is not eaten it's thrown away, and along with wasting a lot of food that could be given to the needy people, it’s a waste of time and effort. How can you avoid this? Well by serving less food, and if you want more you put more.

And last, shop smart. A lot of people buy things that are going to be wasted because of their expiration date. To avoid buying more food than you need, make frequent trips to the grocery store every few days rather than doing a bulk shopping trip once a week.

Additionally, try making a list of items that you need to buy and stick to that list. This will help you reduce impulse buying and reduce food waste as well.

In conclusion,  food waste affects the environment, so also us, but we can stop this by using these simple three steps. Let's try to focus and make the world beautiful again Works Cited

European Commission.”Food Waste”, EC.European.eu, European Union.2016.Web.10 Mar 2019.