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| OEB 11/2015 |
Food lost and food waste is another form of pollution that we don't really think too much about. Binge eating and the rising number of all-you-can-eat restaurants doesn't really help with preventing food waste either - we know that it eventually gets returned to the environment in one way or another, perhaps in your toilet
When we toss out expired food or fail to finish what is on our dishes because we overestimate how much our stomachs can hold (or if you are a selective eater and could care-less where it goes, just not in our stomachs) - we have just contributed to pollution - this is called food waste. What a waste of resources!
When I say resources, I mean all the energy inputs and water consumption that are required to grow, harvest and transport the food we consume (keep in mind that there's obviously more to this life-cycle). In fact, "one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, which amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year" (FAO, 2016).
So next time you order that mouth-watering eggs bennie at your favorite local diner, consider eating what is only nutritionally necessary for your body, while trying to limit your waste.
