Dealing with food waste

[mm2543363580]

To avoid food waste try to manage your stuff with proper planning, before shopping make list of things with quantities ,perishable items should be bought on weekly basis, those items which can be kept for longer period of times should be bought on monthly basis. In this way your food will never go waste.
Dealing with food is not that difficult just organize your things properly.

[rahmad2nd]

How would you deal with food waste on a personal level, and what other action should be taken from businesses in order to reduce food waste? Do you have any tips you use? I can't see any more food expiring in my fridge, it's a huge waste of resources.

I tried to imagine the situation in my country, and what happened was the exact opposite. I can confirm, every need that I buy at the supermarket, is related to food. I can make sure the stock will run out on time. even, if we have several guest visits from the closest relatives. the stock of groceries that we bought, will run out prematurely.
I mean, there is a very significant difference from what is described by Op. and I'm trying to imagine in the poor countries out there, imagine, those apples that you let rot. will be a struggle for those who are starving there.

in my country, anything related to what we can eat. can be sure, will not be a useless food waste, including your apples. not that we are greedy, but we have a unique culture even for leftover food, I mean like that apple, can be used as something worth eating before it is wasted into garbage.
I'm not sure I can give you any advice, but when you buy groceries it seems to be in abundance. you can share it, half to people like homeless people around you. related to what happens in hotels, supermarkets, etc. I think there are many other members here who are more competent in giving their assumptions about it.

[Techkoy407]

You have to learn from your mistakes, because you seem to have done it more than once.
throwing food away is not a good thing, because out there there are many people who are looking for a mouthful of rice with difficulty.

my advice you should learn more about management, finance and your needs.
because if in buying food you like to overdo it, surely in other respects it will be the same.

[BryaCull]

I have been living in different countries in the past two decades and experiences taught me a lot about never wasting anything, especially food. Now I am living China and daily food waste is pretty much handled well. I rarely buy more vegetables and meat than my family really needs and we cook the right amount how much we are going to consume. Back in the United States, I used to buy a lot of food per week cause that's usual in the U.S to purchase in bulk every week. Costco sells too many good things with low prices so a lot of people actually buy things far more that they need. Back to the point, how to deal with food waste ? Never buy anything more than what you really need. Be wise and live a simple life.

[Maestro75]

Where I come from, throwing food away is very frowned upon. We prepare only as much food as we need; we put only as much on our plates as we'll eat; and if leftovers happen we eat it the next day.

It makes sense that way. Those who act like they should throw food away so as to act rich are ignorant of what life is all about. There are people who intentionally order for more than what they can eat just to show that they can afford it, and then only eat half of what they have ordered and leave the rest on the plae and leave. Whenever I come across people like that I laugh at their foolishness.

[348Judah]

How would you deal with food waste on a personal level, and what other action should be taken from businesses in order to reduce food waste? Do you have any tips you use? I can't see any more food expiring in my fridge, it's a huge waste of resources.

Whenever we consider first that there are many out there in hunger and having less privileged to eating good food then we will be appreciating the little we have to help sustain us and give the excess ones to other less privileged people in the society, food items is expensive nowadays it we take into consideration the inflation rate on the economy, many finds it difficult to eat a three square meal per day, should in case of excess food, preserve them in the refrigerator or give them out to those in need of it, than wasting the food.

[coolcoinz]

I also used to live with a girlfriend, now wife and we have a daughter. I can tell you how things are at my place and who we manage.
I go shopping once every 2 days because I drive next to a grocery store almost every day and there's also a parcel locker at the car park, so it's a convenient place to go.
Every time I go shopping I think of meals. Given that I want to make spaghetti, I buy noodles and sauce. I don't buy things I think I could eat without having a full dish in mind. The downside of this method is we don't have more than 3 days of food at the house, unless you count dry, frozen, or cans. When I know I can't eat something before it goes bad I freeze it. It's especially useful when you make soups.

[Ultegra134]

I also used to live with a girlfriend, now wife and we have a daughter. I can tell you how things are at my place and who we manage.
I go shopping once every 2 days because I drive next to a grocery store almost every day and there's also a parcel locker at the car park, so it's a convenient place to go.
Every time I go shopping I think of meals. Given that I want to make spaghetti, I buy noodles and sauce. I don't buy things I think I could eat without having a full dish in mind. The downside of this method is we don't have more than 3 days of food at the house, unless you count dry, frozen, or cans. When I know I can't eat something before it goes bad I freeze it. It's especially useful when you make soups.

That's approximately how we organize our shopping; we want to make pasta on Tuesday and chicken on Friday, so we proceed to purchase any necessary materials to eat on these two days. However, some ingredients, such as the spaghetti sauce, are designed for four servings, but because there are only two of us, we only use half of it. The issue now arises that we fail to organize to cook pasta in the following 2-3 days before the leftover sauce is spoiled, and thus, we're practically wasting half of perfectly good food. Not only is it a waste of money, but it's also a shame because there are others out there struggling.

One thought I had was to use post-it notes on the fridge as reminders and/or organize a cooking schedule through Google Calendar.