How can we don’t waste foods


            


            People should feel sorry for themselves when they waste the food that they can eat but they don’t want. Although most of us live a good life today, there are still some who live a miserable life. When we enter McDonald’s and KFC to eat our luxury food, they just expect some food to get rid of hunger. There are some solutions that can solve this problem, which are to control buying foods and become a storage person, to eat meat substitutes foods, and use some technologies to protect the foods.


            


            The first solution is “to control buying foods and become a storage people”. In this way, people can make a food list before they go to the supermarket. They can make a meal plan for what they need to eat in a week and get the right amount of money to pay for it, and then go. In this way they can buy the things they need and no more, because they have no more money to buy other things. And then people can try to learn some storage solutions. Did you know that the best way to store celery is upright in a glass of water on a shelf in your fridge? Or that bananas should not be stored next to other fruits on the counter, and that once ripe, they should be moved to the fridge?(Keating) People need to look at the date labels on food packaging, so that they can know what time they need to finish it.



            



            Another solution which is my interesting one “to eat meat substitutes foods”, in this, people can make a food that may have a taste, texture, or appearance similar to meat but does not contain meat.(Berry) Meat substitutes are more healthy, like the American Heart Association said that it is good for eating some meat but no more, exactly some processed meats, that are unhealthy for humans. For example, Tofu, Tempeh, Seitan, Textured vegetable protein are all some good choices that can substitute meat.

         




            The last is “use some technologies to protect the foods”. Companies have some technologies that can help us to save some foods, such as Bluapple, Edipeel, and Wakati. These are all some tools that can help us to save some fruits and vegetables and make the time they put in the fridge longer. Also the packaging is the cause of rubbish too, so people need to try to replace all disposable things such as disposable cups, with reusable ones such as glass cups. And there are two Apps which can help you to waste less food. Olio which is an App where people can share their room and the foods in their fridge and people can put some food that they don’t want on the App, and then other people can buy it at a discount. And Winnow is an App where there is a “smart scale” which digitally tracks the amount of food that is thrown away.(Wern)





In conclusion, to waste less and protect the environment is the responsibility of all people. Everyone needs to be green and change their behaviors for the better. This is good for our Earth and mostly good for ourselves! It’s connected to our health and living! If we continue to waste food, maybe in a day of the future, humans in the world will have no food! Following my three tips we can start to make less waste and help the planet!



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  1. AnonymousApril 22, 2021 at 12:51 PM

    I liked your blog very much!
    I have found very interesting the information you have obtained about meat substitutes, with this information we can be aware that we can eat many different things than meat and that are better for us. I like the advices you have given on how to store food in a way that will last us longer. I also believe that we should take more advantage of the great technology that we have and use it for things like this and thus be able to make a better future.

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