A statistics say that every year more than 50 percent of the food that is being produced is wasted. There are several reasons why the wastage is happening. Few of the reasons are:
- No proper storage or mass refrigeration facility.
- People are careless and not socially responsible
- People take in their plate more than what they really need
- No proper option to dispose the extra food.
According to me, no food in this world goes waste. Even spoiled food is consumed by some organism or the other. This is in a larger sense but not practical though. So, if we find ways to overcome the above challenges, we will be able to stop wastage of food.
Mass storage or refrigeration is a problem to be handled by the country or mass food producers. Especially when food items are transferred from one country to another country this problem occurs. They add other preservatives to keep the food item fresh. This happens for both cooked food as well as natural food items like fruits.
People should be a little more responsible. When they are planning to waste food, they have to first consider people who are suffering to get even a single meal food every day. If every individual becomes little more careful before wasting any food, mass food wastage can be stopped.
Whenever you are attending a party or function, usually there will only be buffet system or mass food distribution. In such places, if you take only the food items that you really need, it can help in controlling food wastage.
Sometimes people cook more food in their house or in functions and will not have proper places to give the food. This is kind of a challenge to everyone. As of now we don't have a proper option to control this type of wastage unless you know where to channel the excess food.