An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted globally each year, one-third of all food produced for human consumption(world). People continue to underestimate this topic and in fact, the food wasted every year increases more and more. According to the statistics of many web sites and also, in my opinion, we will have a severe food shortage in the next 100 years, so to stop this tragedy we should change our attitudes and begin to stop food waste at home in three easy steps.


One way to waste less food is to make the shopping list. It seems obvious but the shopping list is the first way to do the shopping in an intelligent way by adding to the cart only what you actually need. Before going shopping we should check in the refrigerator and mark on the list only what we need and what we need. We should go shopping when we are not hungry because when we are hungry we tend to fill the trolley more.




Another alternative could be also to not throw away the leftovers into the bin. If food is leftover for lunch or dinner, it can be reused for the next meal, if properly stored. The ripest fruit and vegetables can be used in smoothies, centrifuged, savory pies and minestrone. For example, hard bread can be recycled to transform it into breadcrumbs or as an ingredient for all new recipes such as in the dough for a cake. People should buy a doggy bag and then put the leftovers in it. Doggy bags are fairly common in a lot of countries in the world and allow diners to take home food they haven't eaten from the restaurant. For example in Italy the use of doggy bags is not frequent and now, after a successful regional pilot, the scheme will be rolled out nationwide, backed by a €1m campaign (Italy).




Another way could be also to take small portions of food. Dishes full of food are really a way of wasting food because most of the time you cannot consume all the food on the plate. For example, when you are in a canteen it is better to reduce the portions and if you are really hungry you can always ask for an extra helping.

In conclusion there are many ways to waste less food. I have shown only three but there are many more. To sum up, if we all collaborate in not wasting food, in the coming years we can also be a little more relaxed and not worried about the future we will have.



"Top food waste". ec.Europa.eu. Europian commission. 2019. Web. 31st Mar 2020.