THE THREE R’S THAT CAN SAVE US

THE THREE R’S THAT CAN SAVE US 

We’re probably throwing out more food/money than we realize. We all do…but few of us recognise this and fewer still admit to it! In fact each of us throws away on average 120kg of food a year. but what can you and I do about it?? Do I really waste food?

The following  three R’s can save us!!!

REDUCE - food wastage by buying more efficiently.
Take a list with you to the grocery store; you’re less likely to buy items that you won’t use. Even better option is to plan your meals for a week which eases out shopping and cooking both.

REUSE- unwanted item where possible instead of disposing them
Donate any unopened non-perishable items that you definitely won’t use.
Clean out your fridge/freezer/cupboards on a somewhat regular basis and use  anything that is getting near to the manufacturers “best by” date.

RECYCLE - compost
Use any leftover food,use your creativity.
If at times you have brought a vegetable, can’t reduce it, it already started spoiling so can’t reuse it, you’re down to “recycle”, that’s where composting comes in, possibly some nice soil will magically appear.

Just THINK.EAT.SAVE: Reduce your foodprint!
Save Food, Save Environment and Save Lives.........

So now you are aware about the 3R’s! 
So Have fun Reducing, Reusing and Recycling!

Small changes can make a big difference

Small changes can make a big difference

THINK.EAT.SAVE
Following small changes will help to reduce your “foodprint” and save our environment

Buy local, organic foods that do not use chemicals in the production process.

Buy food with a thought. Do not buy more food than you need to avoid food wastage.

Go vegetarian atleast once a week.

Plant a vegetable garden.

Cook food with care, serve just enough,use what is left.

Do not waste water, like do not let it run while we brush our teeth.

Request smaller portions at restaurants.

Avoid excess food packaging, use cloth bags, reuseable cups, non plastic bottles.

Avoid plastic bottles.

Don’t litter.

Just THINK.EAT.SAVE: Reduce your foodprint!
Save Food, Save Environment and Save Lives.........

World Environment Day 2013

World Environment Day 2013

The theme for this year’s World Environment Day celebrations is Think.Eat.Save. 

Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint. 

You all must be thinking how is it relevant to you all, like women’s day, valentine day, cancer day, what’s so great about this day too…and does it really affect you at individual level…please read on to know more and how can you support it.

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted. This is equivalent to the same amount produced in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time,1 in every 7 people in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the age of 5 die daily from hunger.  

If food is wasted, it means that all the resources and inputs used in the production of all the food are also lost. For example, it takes about 1,000 litres of water to produce 1 litre of milk and about 16,000 litres goes into a cow’s food to make a hamburger. The resulting greenhouse gas emissions from the cows themselves, and throughout the food supply chain, all end up in vain when we waste food.

Follow these tips to reduce your “foodprint” and food bill!Making informed decision therefore means,that you purposefully

Select foods that have less of an environmental impact, such as organic foods that do not use chemicals in the production process. 

Choose to buy local which can also mean that foods are not flown halfway across the world and therefore limit emissions.

    

Go vegetarian atleast once a week.

Plant a vegetable garden.

Cook food with care, serve just enough,use what is left.

Buy food with a thought. Do not buy more food than you need to avoid food wastage.

Request smaller portions at restaurants.

 

Avoid excess food packaging.

Avoid plastic bottles.

Don’t litter.

Finally the Three Rs

Reuse unwanted item where possible instead of disposing them

Reduce food wastage by buying more efficiently.

Recycle any leftover food,use your creativity.

So think before you eat and help save our environment!