What matters the most ??

  Food wastage is a worldwide phenomenon, affecting developing and developed countries in different ways. It is considerably growing and has a hidden influence on food security and the environment is threatening. Although several Australians like a leftover, repurposing food and spending on the groceries as little as possible.  However, Most of the Australian citizens do not have much awareness of how the food is being wasted. The 35 % of an average household trash can is food waste on the report of EPA website, spending at least AUD279  per week on food and drink. Thinking about throwing over 1000 dollars of groceries annually, people should be even conscious of their own buying habit as well as reusing the leftovers instead of bulking more food.

Which should we act first?

  I think that we should be more aware of wasting food problems. When we ordered the food in the restaurant or eating buffet, we should think about how much food we actually need to eat, considering the portions of the meal. It is vital that everyone needs to think before we take action and take full responsibility for the consequences.

What is feasible?

To reduce food wastage, here are the methods we could simply do:

           Food Charity web: https://www.ozharvest.org/

What is the problem?

  Food and water consumption is a crucial part of human life. Without consuming enough food, the human would not be able to have adequate energy for work and may depart life. According to OZHarvest, Australians throws out around 20 billions of food per year that means four million tonnes of eatable food is in the landfill annually. Wasting food remains negative emotions as well as puts the devastating pressure on the environment. When our food ends up in the landfill, it could not be decomposed naturally. As a result, it would emit methane, greenhouse gas, which is harmful to the environment and the lasting player in climate change. he U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization stated that 30 per cent of food in the supply chain is wasted around the world, in other words, it contributes 8 per cent of overall global greenhouse gas emission. Food production also requires a huge amount of resources so that while wasting food, it means we waste the inputs used in production and all the resources are lost and misspend.

Why is it happening?

  I think Australians are not intentionally wasting food. For instance, some people might sometimes forget the vegetables that they bought and still had them in the fridge, then kept buying another one. When I did some surveys about the way that how to determine people waste food. Mostly, people waste food in the restaurant, ordering the whole set or huge portion without thinking about if they are able to finish it. However, we are seeing the increase of food wastage every year. This does not only deteriorate the potential hunger problem in Australia but also brings the essential impact and pressure on the environment.

Who is the audience?

  I believed that everyone from all parts of the food chain must need to work together so as to cut down the wastage of food, involving farm, foodservice sectors, various food industries, healthcare, and household. In addition, food wastage is pricey and it places harassment on environmental resources, such as energy and water. These resources are required to produce, transport, and sell food. Once we waste every one tonne of food that is sent to the landfill, the leftover would emit carbon dioxide to the environment. As the developed movement of food consumption, I think most people are aware of this issue more than before. Reducing food wastage is the simple thing which could be done by individuals or households, like composting, recycling, and reusing the leftover in other places.