Global Warming… Can we deal with it?

Crisis… Crisis and more Crisis around the globe. But this one is huge… Global Warming! Really, what are we doing to prevent it? Do you actually know what to do?

From some research I’ve done it shows that Food wastage is incredibly high especially in US & UK. The US up to 30 percent of food, worth some $48.3 billion, is thrown away each year. Nonetheless the Britain’s 1/3 of the food was thrown away, with a high percentage untouched and in its original packaging. Estimated of around £10billion of food every year. What a waste!

Global food shortages, soaring prices and alarm over the environment. But every day, Britain throws away 220,000 loaves of bread, 1.6m bananas, 5,500 chickens, 5.1m potatoes, 660,000 eggs, 1.2m sausages and 1.3m yoghurts. AMAZING isn’t it?

Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent said that most of the food wastage is coming from untouched food products whole chickens and chocolate gateaux that lie uneaten in cupboards and fridges before being discarded.

Mr. Hickman adds that a daily waste cost average of a home is more than £420 (513 EUR) a year but with a family with children annual rises up to £610 (745 EUR).

In Europe food prices have risen up high in these last months, and that puts pressure on domestic budgets who already cope with mortgages, bills & other loans. This comes to an end to plan with more care your shopping holidays better and to check what you are buying e.g. expiry dates, best before dates etc…

What should we do to prevent Food Wastage?

Well, many things you can do to help Global Warming. It starts from each and every one of us. Here are some tips that will help you economize your wastage.

1. Take left over bits of chicken, roast, lamb etc. and remove it from bone, chop it up and freeze it in baggies to use in casseroles later.
2. Freeze left over rice to zap in microwave later.
3. Freeze portions of everything from spaghetti, lasagna, casseroles, and stews.
4. Core, peel an chop fruit that has gone a little spotty to make pies, smoothies, etc later
5. Save the bits of veggies to throw in soups later
6. Save bread crusts or heals of loaves to use in meat loafs or meat balls later, or to make dressing
7. Save also all your butter dishes, pop top plastic containers, etc… Use to store your soups, sauces etc..

Five ways to cut food waste

By Martin Hickman
Thursday, 8 May 2008

1. Plan meals. Schedule a week at a time, working out how much you need for each main courses and pudding

2. Shop more carefully. Write a list – and stick to it. Avoid ‘buy one get one half-price’ promotions if you will be unable to eat the extra food.

3. Buy a mixture of fresh and frozen ingredients. Then you can take things out of the freezer when you need them rather than have them going off in the fridge. If you have too much chilled food, check on the label whether it can be frozen

4. Know your labels. Use-by dates must be adhered to. But ‘best before’ food is often edible after the date. A ‘sell by’ date is the time by which the shop must sell the food, not the time by which you must eat it. Use your eyes and nose to check whether something is off

5. Cook leftovers. They can create tasty, nutritious, quick and cheap dishes. Look up recipes on lovefoodhatewaste.com

START TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE… GLOBAL WARMING STARTS FROM YOU

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