Throwing away unwanted food has become a big issue in the developed world. However, people in other parts of world face food shortages and are starving. The actual figure is 1.3 billion tons of food, which is enough to feed a billion hungry people.
After all, they do get rid of stuff that's past its sell-by-date and they often refuse to sell vegetables or fruit that are the wrong shape or look damaged. They've also been criticized for encouraging customers to buy more than they need through promotions such as 'buy one get one free'.
In Europe an incredible 53% of food waste comes from households, which results in 88 million tons of food waste a year. So instead of fling our bellies our food is filling up landfill site — it's buried and left to rot. Unfortunately this causes greenhouse gases which eventually leads to global warming and climate change.
In Denmark, a woman called Selina Juul has been working hard to handle this problem. She found that people were buying more than they needed and throwing too much away. She convinced some supermarkets to stop selling their items in bulk (大量) so that people bought only what they needed. She produced a leftovers cookbook and she's now set up an education programme in schools.
Clearly we need to think twice when we put something in our shopping trolley and when were alt home we should make the most of the food we have — using recipes that use up our leftovers.
A. But the biggest wrongdoer for creating food waste is us.
B. This has helped create a significant 25% reduction in food waste.
C. We can even share our leftover food with our friends and neighbors.
D. It's a shocking fact that a third of the world's food is wasted each year.
E. Ten million people are short of food and suffer from starvation every year.
F. You may think supermarkets are the main contributors to this mountain of food.
G. Or maybe, you're shopping more efficiently, only buying what you need every day.
