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Western world throws insane amounts of food away: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/02/no-time-leftovers-astonishing-scale-food-waste-uk-around-world/ ht

by lnsru 8y ago

Western world throws insane amounts of food away: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/02/no-time-leftovers-astonishing-scale-food-waste-uk-around-world/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/02/no-time-leftover... There are other real problems than plant-based diets.

kmarc 8y ago
I was surprised how much meat people smilingly throw away in NewZealand - when I was asked to "just throw it in the trashcan" around 30dkgs of perfectly delicious and cooked meal I simply refused and walked away. My muscles were literally blocked to make that movement of my arms, swiping a plate of meal to the bin. Around ~25 other people did not have any problems with it, so I guess the problem is in me.
- mcv 8y ago
  Not just in New Zealand. It hurts me when I see people not finishing their plate. I will eat myself sick before I will throw away food. Sadly, this has developed into a bit of a weight problem. And then there's restaurants and supermarkets which throw away enormous amounts of unsold food. We should buy and cook less food, or maybe have a quick way of sharing left-over food with people who are hungry.
  - maxwell 8y ago
    Obesity is now a bigger problem worldwide than hunger.
    - organsnyder 8y ago
      Is that because hunger has been diminished, or because obesity has increased?
      - amanaplanacanal 8y ago
        I believe both are true.
        maxwell 8y ago
        I thought I read that obesity is growing faster than undernourishment, but I can't find a source on that now. It looks like the number of obese [1] and undernourished [2] humans are both currently 700-800+ million. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477817 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477817 2. http://www.fao.org/3/I9553EN/i9553en.pdf http://www.fao.org/3/I9553EN/i9553en.pdf
  - kbutler 8y ago
    Better to waste than to waist. (Yes, take less on your plate, save leftovers for future meals, etc.)
syshum 8y ago
That does not break down the type of food waste For example I rarely have meat-based food waste, however, I have all kinds of Fruit, and veg food waste do to spoilage. Meat is easy to freeze and preserve, it is hard to freeze a salad ;)
- Cthulhu_ 8y ago
  It's mostly down to only buying what you need / use really. Frozen vegetables are another option, they are often easily portionable and are a better choice than "fresh" vegetables (source: I used to work in a vegetable packing plant for a summer vacation job; the vegetables we packaged to be sold in shops the day after came from a big freezer / fridge, oftentimes we had to discard whole pallets because the brocolli had gone moldy. I have no idea how long that stuff had been in there, but given the amount of mold it must've been a while)

by lnsru 8y ago

kmarc 8y ago

I was surprised how much meat people smilingly throw away in NewZealand - when I was asked to "just throw it in the trashcan" around 30dkgs of perfectly delicious and cooked meal I simply refused and walked away. My muscles were literally blocked to make that movement of my arms, swiping a plate of meal to the bin. Around ~25 other people did not have any problems with it, so I guess the problem is in me.

mcv 8y ago
Not just in New Zealand. It hurts me when I see people not finishing their plate. I will eat myself sick before I will throw away food. Sadly, this has developed into a bit of a weight problem. And then there's restaurants and supermarkets which throw away enormous amounts of unsold food. We should buy and cook less food, or maybe have a quick way of sharing left-over food with people who are hungry.
- maxwell 8y ago
  Obesity is now a bigger problem worldwide than hunger.
  - organsnyder 8y ago
    Is that because hunger has been diminished, or because obesity has increased?
    - amanaplanacanal 8y ago
      I believe both are true.
      - maxwell 8y ago
        I thought I read that obesity is growing faster than undernourishment, but I can't find a source on that now. It looks like the number of obese [1] and undernourished [2] humans are both currently 700-800+ million. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477817 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477817 2. http://www.fao.org/3/I9553EN/i9553en.pdf http://www.fao.org/3/I9553EN/i9553en.pdf
- kbutler 8y ago
  Better to waste than to waist. (Yes, take less on your plate, save leftovers for future meals, etc.)

syshum 8y ago

That does not break down the type of food waste For example I rarely have meat-based food waste, however, I have all kinds of Fruit, and veg food waste do to spoilage. Meat is easy to freeze and preserve, it is hard to freeze a salad ;)

Cthulhu_ 8y ago
It's mostly down to only buying what you need / use really. Frozen vegetables are another option, they are often easily portionable and are a better choice than "fresh" vegetables (source: I used to work in a vegetable packing plant for a summer vacation job; the vegetables we packaged to be sold in shops the day after came from a big freezer / fridge, oftentimes we had to discard whole pallets because the brocolli had gone moldy. I have no idea how long that stuff had been in there, but given the amount of mold it must've been a while)