5000 free meals to highlight wasted food
Posted by Alan | Under Food Events Thursday Dec 17, 2009
In an effort to show how absurd the current food labelling system is as well as the domestic habits 5,000 meals were created in Trafalgar Square yesterday from food items that were close to their use by date, otherwise would have been thrown away.
Although saving food instead of wasting it will not save the planet, it will be a step in the right direction towards preserving the planet. In fact, anti-waste organization Wrap updated information from two years ago that estimates that every year on average a typical household wastes about £420 worth of food. Their new figures place the amount at waste at about £480, which equivocates to about 8.3 tonnes nationwide.
The largest contribution to waste is people’s tendency to purchase too much food and cooking too much at one time as well. This is not to mention the amount of food that rots in the fridge out of negligence.
At the root of the problem may be the common view of food, which among adults is that it is an act of love to purchase and prepare good food, thus it is a gift to make new items over serving leftovers.
Food waste is said to start at the top of the supply chain due to the amount of energy that is consumed simply producing food items and transporting it to shops.
In order to reduce energy consumption, the Sustainable Food Commission from the government suggested that diets contain less red meat and dairy products due to the high CO2 emissions.
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