FOOD WASTE IN THE WORLD
Worldwide, humans waste one of every three food calories produced! These wasted calories are enough to feed three billion people—10 times the population of the United States, more than twice that of China, and more than three times the total number of malnourished globally! Wow, that's a huge amount, right?
Wasted food may represent as much as 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is a main contributor to deforestation and the depletion of global water sources. It's not an easy thing, right?
Composting the wasted food is a good solution for the problem. It is the same with recycling the things that we think is useless. And it can keep the landfills to be not easily fulled.
But, above that, preventing the producing of food waste is the best act.
These are the tips that we can do to prevent the food waste:
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Shop on a full stomach! Eat before you shop! If you're hungry when you're shopping, you will have a big desire to buy a lot of food. Then, after buying it, you will realize that the food is too much and you can't finish it. You will produce food waste. But, by feeling full, you won't have that big desire.
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Use your freezer! Most people prefer fresh food, but frozen foods can offer just as much nutrition and they remain edible for a much longer period of time.
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Eat leftovers! Before you shop, use what you already have. So don't you throw away your food as long as it's still good to eat.
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Eat with your portion! Usually, if we are hungry, we will take too much food, much more than our portion.
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Addition:
You need compost? But you always buy it?
It's true that it is very easy to only buy it. Plus, it's cheap too. But if we add up all of the money that we spent for compost, we will realize that it's not as cheap as we think.
Did you know about Takakura? Is it a person? Is it a food? Is it an anime series?
Takakura is a home-composting method, initiated by Mr. Koji Takakura from Japan.
The Takakura Method requires a bit more effort than digging a hole, throwing in your food scraps, and hoping for the best. Despite the start-up expense and effort, the advantages of using this method include a quicker composting time, no offensive odour (which could attract pests) and minimal space requirements.
These are the things that we need for making takakura:
A container
Use a breathable container. A shopping basket, bamboo basket, earthenware pot or cardboard box can be used as a container. If the container has large holes in it, it should be lined with carpet, fabric, cardboard etc., in order to prevent spillage or insects from entering the container.
Husk Pillow
Husk is used for a tool that prevents bad smell and too much water from the compost. The husk must be in the form of pillow. We can use garlic sacks to cover the husk and then sew it so the husk won't be scattered. We can find a lot of husk from rice milling. For the garlic sacks, we can ask the sellers in the market.
Pored-fabric
Pored-fabric is used as the cover before the real cover of the container itself. It must have pores because the compost needs good respiration. This fabric can also prevent the insects to get in.
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Explanation:
Tutup keranjang sampah: Container Cover
Kain hitam berpori: pored fabric
Keranjang sampah plastik: plasctic trash basket (container))
Bantal sekam atas: husk pillow (top part)
Lapisan kardus: Cardboard
Kompos jadi: composted soil0
Bantal sekam bawah: husk pillow (low part)
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Addition:
TAKAKURA COMPOSTING METHOD
