Comments on: 7 Ways You Can Stop Wasting Food And Help Save The Earth

By: Miloo

Miloo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:56:43 +0000

I was brought up in a household where it was very wrong to waste food. That is why I am very surprised to see other people have large amounts of leftovers when I eat out. If I am with friends, I (courteously) ask them if I can finish their leftovers, or take them home, provided they are not sick. There are many people in the world who are starving. One may not see the correlation between our excess and other’s deprivation, besides the clear injustice. But the amount of time, energy, and resources that goes into producing food is wasted, of which poor nations have little to use.

If we want to end world hunger, we must first learn absolve our excess. We can only help others if we first learn to help ourselves.

By: Christian Carpino

Christian Carpino — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:52:17 +0000

I think that food wasting is not good because people starve while we do it. Eat right, waste less.

By: James

James — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:09:37 +0000

I currently have a goal to get the freezer as empty as possible before I buy any more food. It’s a great incentive to eat food you keep ignoring and pushing further back in the freezer.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:36:22 +0000

I agree about the part on only buying what you'll definitely eat. Lots of times, people buy stuff because they are cheaper or more healthy to eat, without factoring in taste. And apart from using the freezer to save food, you can also use a food saving container or a food dehydrator to preserve your food for a longer time. You might also want to stick to recipes that uses very little ingredients, preferably ingredients that you can use frequently. There are recipe books out there whose recipes only require around three ingredients.

By: My Daily Dollars

My Daily Dollars — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:35:01 +0000

By: Organic Green Daddy

Organic Green Daddy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:58:35 +0000

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:49:39 +0000

Food waste is a terrible thing. Whenever we go out to eat, we always take our leftovers home and eat them the next day. Plus, I am very aware of how much I cook so as not to make more than we can or want to eat.

By: James

James — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:19:49 +0000

Adam, you make a very good point. Your mode of transport is definitely something you should consider in all this.

By: Adam Pieniazek

Adam Pieniazek — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:48:36 +0000

The tip about shopping more often might help waste less food but depending on your transportation it could harm the environment just the same. Perhaps getting a supermarket carpool going with your neighbors where one person picks up the shopping for the other neighbors would help keep food waste low and ensure extra pollution isn’t released from constantly driving to and from the market.

By: Personal Finance Money Tips

Personal Finance Money Tips — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:02:08 +0000