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Nesta wrote:
I said what I said. You're the only person since I started here 1,5 years ago that actually show to have in-depth knowledge about the stuff I keep going on about.

BrainFilth wrote:
i've gotta channel my rage somewhere, might as well be at capitalist waste and greed lol

Nesta wrote:
in that regard you are at the right place bc we have th space in our userbase. but also at the wrong one since kaj our grand leader is the prime cappie kid 

BrainFilth wrote:
lol i aint worried about him 

Nesta wrote:
that's good bc he's wandering folklore at this point and a joke to most users

BrainFilth wrote:
i remember something abt him not being the most upstanding citizen lol
but i don't remember or even really care that much
i was gone like 3 yrs

Nesta wrote:
anyways i must go finish my course 

Empulla wrote:
I'm so for individual responsibility with wasting resources and such
but what if households actually reduced the amount of food waste
would anything change? would the poor people be fed or would just the price of food increase or something? 

DIRT wrote:
i see this issue like pollution where the majority of it is caused by corporations n stuff but Normal ppl r still blamed for it even tho what's on my mind is survival not tryna fix stuff caused by ppl who don't care if ppl starve or if they cause harm to earth as long as they get $$$
i waste as lil as possible so 🤷‍♀️ not my fault 
even if we didn't waste so much it wouldn't b going to ppl who need it cuz they don't have the money for it & that's all that matters 🙈

In the EU, households alone are responsible for ~53% of total food waste [2]

Nesta wrote:


In the EU, households alone are responsible for ~53% of total food waste [2]



[2] FUSIONS (2016) http://www.eu-fusions.org/phocadownload/Publications/Estimates%20of%20European%20food%20waste%20levels.pdf

Nesta wrote:
That's fine. There's however one statistic that I think is relevant to counter the argument of only corporate responsibility when it comes to food waste. With how much food we waste in our homes, there's actually a big difference the everyday consumer can do.

Even if it doesn't get directly redistributed to the extremely poor, food waste is an important contributor to climate change. It should, overall, reduce how much more food we need to produce to cover the world's rising population.

I think food waste, like many other issues, doesn't rely on the one issue acting and being fixed alone. There is a number of factors that impact it and can help improve it. I think many solutions have to be local, and others will be international cooperations.