Combating Food Waste

I read recently that in most households anywhere between 15 to 30% of food is thrown away. Almost 50% of salad leaves are thrown away.

These are certainly jaw dropping statistics, and I am wondering if we can somehow figure out a way to reduce the waste. For many of us, who do like to cook, maybe there is a way to keep track of food that is going to become spoilt soon and incorporate those ingredients in our recipes in our daily cooking.

Equally important, could be uncooked food that we can donate to a food drive that is nearing expiry, and can be picked up from our kerbs. Food that is already cooked that can be picked up from our homes as well, with hours of expiry listed. These could be picked up by  volunteer organizations and provided as meals to hungry folks. There of course needs to be a goodwill system that recognizes more dependable and honest folks versus people who try to pass of their already spoilt food into these drives. A recycling fee could be paid to these households that have been consistently good and honest about the quality and condition of their food.