Video Reflection – Food Waste
After watching the clip on food wastage, I was completely shocked by the sheer amount of food that goes to waste. Accordingly, approximately 40% of all food is wasted, which is equal to a third or more of all food (LastWeekTonight 1:48). In addition, the amount of money spent on this wasted food is equal to 165 billion dollars every year and weighs about 30 million tons (LastWeekTonight 1:54). Extending these statistics of the amount of food wasted on a global scale gives a more devastating picture. The amount of money will go up to trillions, while the waste will weigh billions of tons. Even more shocking is that some people are starving, and sadly, some even starve to death.
One of the recommended solutions that could be used to reduce food waste is biocycles. Accordingly, rearing a few chickens in a backyard is an example of a biocycle, which is both economical and environmentally friendly. One chicken can consume an average of 1.5 pounds weekly and six pounds monthly; therefore, a few more chickens can make a big difference by consuming more (Breen Maureen para. 9). The second solution is creating awareness of food wastage in households. Just like the video explains how food wastage is the same as going grocery shopping and throwing away a bag full of groceries, such strategies should be used to demonstrate the amount of waste that occurs. Further, a financial perspective can also be used to help households understand the importance of not wasting food.
The Hunger Incentive Act grants small businesses tax breaks when handling food waste; hence, the government should readdress it. These businesses should encounter as few problems as possible when it comes to donating food waste to those in need. Moreover, regarding businesses using dates to manipulate buyers into throwing away products that are still useful, I believe that using manufacturing and expiry dates should be made illegal. This is because these actions have multiple negative butterfly effects. First, throwing away food not only leads to food wastage but also contributes significantly to land, air, and sometimes water pollution. Accordingly, in air pollution, excess accumulation of food in landfills leads to degradation through anaerobic means, which produces methane (NCSL para. 3). Notably, methane is twenty times more potent than CO2 when it comes to trapping heat in the earth’s atmosphere. This then leads to excess heat accumulating in the earth’s atmosphere, hence very high temperatures and global warming, which subsequently leads to many effects on climate, like hurricanes, flooding, and rising sea levels.
A further consequence is the overconsumption of these products by people who do not want to waste them. Such individuals will try to consume as many products as possible in their little time. For example, they could use too much oil while cooking or eat too much of products containing saturated fats or processed foods. Consequently, this type of consumption could lead to obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and other illnesses connected to being overweight or unhealthy diets (De Ridder et al. 146). On the other hand, if dates were not used to indicate the expiry date of products, it could pose a huge health risk to people because they might end up consuming expired products. Therefore, considering everything, the best solution would not be to remove the dates from the packages but to implement policies that ensure that companies date their food products correctly but only to avoid the consumption of bad food.
Works Cited
Breen Maureen P. “What’s the value of Chickens in reducing food waste?”. Chicken Whisperer Magazine. Accessed from: https://www.chickenwhisperermagazine.com/the-chicken-movement/whats-the-value-of-chickens-in-reducing-food-waste#:~:text=Each%20chicken%20ate%20a%20weekly,household%20food%20scraps%20per%20year.
De Ridder, Denise, et al. “Obesity, overconsumption, and self-regulation failure: The unsung role of eating appropriateness standards.” Health Psychology Review 7.2 (2013): 146-165.
LastWeekTonight. “Food Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO).” YouTube (2015). Accessed from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=i8xwLWb0lLY&feature=youtu.be
NCSL. “Fighting Food Waste”. National Conference of State Legislatures (2020). Accessed from: https://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/fighting-food-waste.aspx.
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Video Reflection – Food Waste
https:// m.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xwLWb0lLY&feature=youtu.be
After viewing the short clip, how surprised are you by the daily food wasted?
What types of solutions should be recommended for what we do with our food waste? Give example.
Should the government readdress the Hunger Incentive Act, giving small businesses tax breaks when handling food waste?
How do you feel about manufacturers using dates to manipulate the buyer to throw out a product that is still of good usage? Should these dates be removed on certain items because they are fictitious?
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