There have been various solutions to combat this issue, some of these include:
Wales
According to data provided by wrap.org.uk, Wales has the lowest household food waste statistics in the UK.
Why?
There has been a significant change in Wales regarding food waste in large part due to the lower incomes that Wales has in comparison to the rest of the UK.
It's apparent that financial factors are a large part of how food is distributed and consumed, this can be taken into consideration for understanding other aspects of the issue which
How?
An article posted in 2015 by BBC News addresses Wales in connection to food waste and how its been tackled. Specifically addressing social holidays like Christmas and the increase in waste within the UK, however Wales are combating this according to 'Waste Awareness Wales' with 'novel' techniques
Welsh blogger Lia Moutselou of 'Lia's kitchen states that "Saving the planet, benefitting our pockets, it's a double whammy." She has been working with the 'love food, hate waste' runs regular cooking classes around utilising leftovers and showing the importance and amount of money can be saved in taking initiative and changing attitudes towards food and waste with 400,000 tonnes of food and drink is thrown away annually and more than half is perfectly good food.
Her attitudes towards buying in bulk are utilising bulk purchases and educating different people of varied skills and backgrounds to use these foods in the best way since attitudes and retailers won't be changing any time soon.
Lia's advice
- Plan meals well as you can
- Use correct portions
- Store food properly
- Get adventurous with your leftovers
FareShare Cymru
What do they do?
They collect good quality thrown away foods from supermarkets.
Why?
They distribute the collected food to those in need. They have been able to reduce food waste, saving 540,000 tonnes of it within South Wales so far.
No comments:
Post a Comment