What made a difference in cutting food waste in Amsterdam was having to adjust to using physically smaller refrigerators than the average size found in US/Canad

What made a difference in cutting food waste in Amsterdam was having to adjust to using physically smaller refrigerators than the average size found in US/Canada. When going to the grocery stores in the US, I never had to think “Will I have enough space to fit all this food?”, which actually resulted in buying a lot of stuff that wasn’t always needed (eyes are bigger than stomach at the supermarket). In Amsterdam, shopping trips were more frequently needed, but the food that was bought was also smaller in amounts and less weight, so it wasn’t that big of a deal in the end, and less food ended up being wasted. (Having to bike or carry food by hand is also a bigger incentive to carefully plan resources vs. loading up the entire trunk of a car). :^)