US EditionSeeking Nutrition, Not Sustainability, Reduces Food Waste
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Slovenian Day Without Food Waste, April 24th – a day that reminds us that we must treat food responsibly, thoughtfully and respectfully. Food is a valuable commodity, the production and distribution of which requires natural resources, labor and energy – and yet it still too often ends up in the trash. In Slovenia, we throw away more than 150,000 tons of food per year, almost half of which is in households.
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Half of the food that Spanish households throw away without having been consumed is still in good condition, most of the time still edible, but that has been discarded because of its appearance or because the label says that it has already passed its preferred consumption date. It is about 15 kilos of food per person, according to estimates made by the platform Too Good To Go, a company that has been proposing solutions against the waste of food…
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Environmental News Network - Seeking Nutrition, Not Sustainability, Reduces Food Waste
Consumers who are conscious of their nutrition exhibit behaviours that significantly reduce food waste, even more so than those whose behaviour is driven by sustainability concerns, according to new research from the University of Adelaide.
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