Food waste pollution facts and the best solution

If we work together,we can solve food wastage issues and start saving our earth.

These 9 facts highlight just some of the ways food waste impacts our everyday life and helps show us what we can do to start solving the problem.

Fact 1: One person is credited with reducing an entire country’s food waste by 25%. So we can say that your actions can really make a difference in solving the food waste problem.

Fact 2: A healthier diet can equate to a greater amount of food waste, largely due to fruits and vegetables which require a lot of water and go bad quickly. Properly storing and preparing is essential.

Fact 3: Food waste accounts for 8% of global emissions, making it a main cause to climate change.

Fact 4: Less than 3% of food waste is recycled, which means food waste takes up more than 20% of our landfills.

Fact 5: Food is often safe even after it “expires.” Expiration labels — like “sell by” and “best by” — are misleading and not standardized, leading many consumers to toss out perfectly good food too early.

 

Fact 6: Shrink wrapping or plastic packaging our produce actually helps reduce food waste by increasing the shelf life. Be sure to recycle the plastic pack also.

Fact 7: Lack of awareness of basic nutrition adds to food waste among consumers. Many people believe it’s better to buy fresh food that often goes bad when in reality, frozen food products often retain more nutrients.

Fact 8:Having a big refrigerator can impact your food waste. You’re more likely to forget about food you have, improperly store your food and buy more than you can eat before it goes bad.

Fact 9: Unrealistic beauty standards don’t just affect our body image. They also impact our food waste problem. Farmers, retailers and consumers will throw away food if its “ugly.”

The amount of food wasted could feed every hungry person in the world again, and again.Try to recycle all the food wastes to not harm the nature.Recycling becomes very effective way to reduce pollution.

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