Minimizing food waste is important for the environment and for the economy. But by minimizing your food waste you also benefit! You save money on buying unnecessary food, lower your personal carbon footprint, save yourself the hassle of having to compost a lot of food that could've been used, and if you realized you bought extra food early before it goes off you can donate it! It's tax deductible if it goes to a qualified charity approved by the IRS. If you start making an effort to reuse leftovers or eat more fruits and veggies in the fridge you will likely eat healthier as well!
Making personal choices to minimize food waste is important and rewarding, but it can feel like you can only do so much. And that's okay! Another amazing way to help is to join a community food bank or group that supports minimizing food waste. Finding a community of people or support group will make it a lot easier to make big change. When you're voting in your next local election you can make sure to look out for a candidate who also values minimizing food waste and reducing our carbon f
ootprint. There are no downsides to minimizing food waste! Everyone benefits and with more policy changes it could become almost effortless.
"In March 2016, Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and Data released their roadmap of 27 actionable solutions to reducing food waste." (https://www.spoileralert.com/food-waste/)
These solutions are based on the Food Recovery Hierarchy picture above. People have already come up with ideas to reduce food waste, all they need is more support!
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