FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT

A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TOWARDS FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT

MB Enterprises

Food waste management is an ongoing issue of the modern world. Handling the issue globally and what it takes in terms of the sustainable efforts for food waste management is a huge concern. It is indeed a growing threat to the Canadian economy, society and the environment. The issue has now lead the Governments, businesses, NGOs, academics and the public to attach the significance importance to its management. The issue of Food waste is indeed a global challenge of the modern world. This is largely because of its contributions to climate change, loss of bio diversity, declining the water quality, soil degradation and food insecurity.

In the current times the biggest question that arises is how we can reduce the waste of plates? While raising the environmental consciousness amongst the Canadian youth, the main thing is to bring a reduction in the habit of plate waste. This can be achieved through environmental management as environmental education should be considered with special emphasis on green attitudes.

Zero Waste

This is also highly linked with green consumption and pro-environmental behavior.

DAILY FOOD WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT:

According to the stats that relate to daily food waste, average figures from the whole world. It’s around 40% of food waste generated daily was actually consumable. The best practices that relates to environmental management should be to minimize the wastage associated with food individually on a day-to-day basis. As part of the Green practices and marketing campaigns that are related to Green developments, the agenda should be minimizing food waste. This is an issue that should be addressed on a global scale through multinationals i.e. Fast Food chains e.g. KFC and Mac Donald’s. Also, as part of environmental practices the key thing that should be kept in mind is the identification of hazards associated with food waste i.e. climate change, loss of bio diversity, effects to water quality, soil degradation & food insecurity. Being a global issue, it concerns health problems as well and is a growing concern especially for the developed nations.

CONSUMER’S EFFORTS TOWARDS FOOD WASTE:

The consumer’s efforts towards food waste management holds higher priorities in Canada in terms of the CSR i.e. Corporate Social Responsibility elements. This is part of the individual best practices towards sustainable developments towards food waste management.

As part of their responsible attitude the consumers should also keep a track and monitor just how much they are spending on food on a weekly basis. Apart from this how much they are consuming is also a big question mark? Therefore, there should be more sustainable and informed purchasing decisions that can go a far way in terms of reducing waste.

As an example having the consumers opt for compostable coffee pods i.e. made entirely from plant based materials. Hence, it’s a guilt free way for responsible consumers to enjoy their coffee cup without bringing harm to the environment. Wherever possible, the consumers must opt for reusable alternatives. Using packed plastic food storage products e.g. Tupperware and freezer bags etc. that are actually good for food storage. These products can extend the time how long food can stay usable before spoiling.