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Page 1: PPT-25 Green Earth Movement An E-Newsletter for the cause of Environment, Peace, Harmony and Justice Remember - “you and I can decide the future” SIN OF

PPT-25

Green Earth Movement

An E-Newsletter for the cause of Environment, Peace, Harmony and Justice

Remember - “you and I can decide the future”

SIN OF FOOD WASTE

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Food waste or food loss is  food that  is discarded or cannot be used. The causes of food  waste  or  loss  are  numerous,  and occur  at  the  stages  of  production, processing, retailing and consumption.

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As of 2013, half of all food is wasted worldwide, according to the British Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IME). In low-income countries, most loss occurs during production, while in developed countries much food – about 100 kilograms (220 lb) per person per year – is wasted at the consumption stage.

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1] FOOD WASTE AT THE PRODUCTION LEVEL

Research into the food industry of the United States, whose food supply is the most diverse and abundant of any country in the world, found food waste occurring at the beginning of food production. From planting, crops can be subjected to pest infestations and severe weather and other natural factors. The use of machinery in harvesting can cause waste, as harvesters may be unable to discern between ripe and immature crops, or collect only part of a crop.  Economic factors, such as regulations and standards for quality and appearance, also cause food waste; farmers often harvest selectively, preferring to leave crops not to standard in the field (where they can be used as fertilizer or animal feed), since they would otherwise be discarded later.

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2. FOOD WASTE AT THE POST HARVEST STAGE

Food waste continues in the post harvest stage, but the amounts of post harvest loss involved are relatively unknown and difficult to estimate. Regardless, the variety of factors that contribute to food waste, both biological/environmental and socio-economical would limit the usefulness and reliability of general figures.  In storage, considerable quantitative losses can be attributed to pests and micro-organisms.

 

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3] FOOD WASTE AT THE RETAILS SALE LEVEL

Supermarkets, convenience stores, and general stores waste huge quantities of food as a result of consumer demand for freshness and the fear of empty shelves before closing. In the U.S., there are about 36,569 supermarkets with annual sales over $2 million each and 148,126 convenience stores,  which must provide fresh and plentiful food for customers all day, every day. Consequently, food waste has become an accepted byproduct of providing food for American consumers.  According to a study, food retailers discard about 2.7 million tons (5.4 billion pounds) of food waste per year in the struggle to be competitive.

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4] FOOD LOSS AT THE CONSUMER LEVEL

Food  losses  in  developed  countries  are  as  high  as  in developing countries, but  in developing countries more  than 40% of  the  food  losses occur at post-harvest and processing levels, while in industrialized countries, more than 40% of the food losses occur at retail and consumer levels. Food waste at consumer level in industrialized countries 222 million tons almost equivalent to the total food production in sub Saharan Africa (230 million)

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Food wastage: Key facts and figures

• The global volume of food wastage is estimated at 1.6 billion tonnes of "primary product equivalents." Total food wastage for the edible part of this amounts to 1.3 billion tonnes.

• Food wastage's carbon footprint is estimated at 3.3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent of GHG  (Green House Gas) released into the atmosphere per year.

 

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•The total volume of water used each year to produce food that is lost or wasted (250km3) is equivalent to the annual flow of Russia's Volga River, or three times the volume of Lake Geneva.

• Similarly, 1.4 billion hectares of land - 28 percent of the world's agricultural area - is used annually to produce food that is lost or wasted.

• A low percentage of all food wastage is composted: much of it ends up in landfills, and represents a large part of municipal solid waste. Methane emissions from landfills represents one of the largest sources of GHG emissions from the waste sector.

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What can we do to avoid/reduce/manage food waste in India?

Since India has the second largest population in the world its accountability for food waste in India is enormous either in the form of avoidable or unavoidable waste. We alone are responsible that tons of food is being wasted every day and lot of people could have been served with that. 

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Food waste occurs at various sectors namely households, commercials, industries, etc. Commercials include restaurants, delis, bakery, fruit shops, etc. Food waste at the industrial sector is the waste doneat the production, processing, storage, packing, and distribution sectors. Whatever sector it has been certainly avoiding food waste is a foremost solution. Yet apart from this, food waste management is essential to reduce carbon footprint. Let me go ahead with some simple tips to avoid food waste in the households and commercial/industrial sectors as well.

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TIPS TO AVOID FOOD WASTE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS1. Learn to shop and cook smartly, and save food to avoid 

waste.2. Do careful planning before bringing food products to your 

pantry/kitchen3. To be more sensible whilst organizing any party or social 

gathering at your households4. Let your children be aware of the importance of food and 

the impact of food waste on environment.

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5. Before throwing away the uneaten food left at your household parties, think for a moment and go ahead to donate to charities through NGOs in your area. You would have not only preserved environment but also brought in smiles in the unfortunate faces.

6. Create your own compost at your premises to make fertilizers for your gardens if the food is left uneaten or rotten or left over at your kitchen. You are reducing the food waste and setting an example for recycling as well.

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TIPS TO AVOID FOODWASTE IN THE COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/OTHER SECTORS

1. Following essential food safety techniques helps in not only avoiding food waste but in cost efficiency too.2. Consuming local produce will not need much transportation and hence lasts longer.3. Setting up of food waste audit certainly guides you to realize how much and why food has been wasted.

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4.  Maintaining a weekly record of tracking the quantities of served food and sales will enhance your business and helps in to prevent wastage of food.5. Trained staff and correct techniques in food handling and safety does reduce Food Waste.6. Keeping skins on vegetables and fruits will avoid food waste7. Maintaining correct temperature and good storage facilities for perishables namely dairy products and meat will work out in no food waste campaigning.

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8. Regular checking of temperatures, seals on fridges and freezers and rotation of stock to keep them fresh will bring down spoilage.9. Offering flexible serving sizes and assessing portion sizes in favor of the customers would lead to prevent food waste.10. Providing appropriate doggy bags on customer's request in the restaurants/food malls will apparently reduce food waste.11. Again, donating the leftover quality food at the eateries/restaurants to charity homes/orphanages will help in reducing the global warming instead of throwing them to landfills.12. To repeat, recycling the food waste or compost it to produce organic fertilizers would be the best choice if food waste is unavoidable.

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FOOD WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTThe waste of a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food per year is not only causing major economic losses but also wreaking significant harm on the natural resources that humanity relies upon to feed itself, says a new FAO report.

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Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources is the first study to analyze the impacts of global food wastage from an environmental perspective, looking specifically at its consequences for the climate, water and land use, and biodiversity.

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Among its key findings: Each year, food that is produced but not eaten guzzles up a volume of water equivalent to the annual flow of Russia's Volga River and is responsible for adding 3.3 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases to the planet's atmosphere.

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Producing, distributing, storing and cooking food uses energy, fuel and water. Each of these emits greenhouse gases contributing to climate change.Think of a pack of cheese. The resources that go into raising the cows, processing the milk, transporting the cheese, refrigeration, thefuel we use to drive to the shop to buy it – all this to put it in the bin at the end of the week. In fact in the UK we throw away the equivalent of more than three million slices of cheese a day!

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If we stopped throwing this good food away it would save the equivalent of at least 17 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, the same as taking 1 in every 5 cars off our roads. 

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“Almost 1.2 billion people are going hungry in the world; a third of those are in Africa and sadly a lot of those are actually farmers themselves.” Though other estimates differ, some putting the number at a more conservative range of 870 – 900 million people, still the general consensus is that a substantial part of the global population is suffering from hunger and a disproportionate part of this is in the developing world – to which Africa belongs. Ironically, an estimated 1.5 billion people are either overweight, obese or suffer from over-nutrition globally.

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Despite this humbling fact, i.e. while a large number of people go without food daily, one-third of food produced globally for human consumption is lost or wasted; and the quantity of food thrown away in developed countries is almost equivalent to the total amount produced by sub-Saharan Africa. This wastage of about 1.3 trillion tonnes of food is valued at nearly one trillion US dollars. More so, according to FAO, just a quarter of the food being currently lost or wasted is enough to feed up to 900 million (which is the number of those going hungry according to some estimates).

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In a nutshell, to meet the zero-hunger initiative, all including  the  consumers,  food  and  hospitality industry, and the government have to take part  in the  global  campaign  against  food waste  launched by  the  UNEP/UNFAO.  It  is  prudent  that  we collectively  require  a  transition  in  the  pattern we produce  and  procure  food  but  not  at  the  cost  of depleting  our  natural  resources.  Let  us  involve  in the  campaign  actively  by  eating  food,  avoiding waste,  reducing  food-print  and  hence  saving environment  to  bring  forth  a  sustainable wonderful universe.

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TO CONCLUDE WHAT POPE FRANCIS SAYS ABOUT FOOD WASTE

Pope Francis denounces what he called a "culture of waste" in an increasingly consumerist world and said throwing away good food was like stealing from poor people. "Our grandparents used to make a point of not throwing away leftover food. Consumerism has made us accustomed to wasting food daily and we are unable to see its real value," Francis said at his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square.  "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry," he said. 

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