{"id":9280,"date":"2021-03-23T00:14:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=9280"},"modified":"2021-03-23T01:29:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T01:29:07","slug":"what-is-food-waste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-food-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"What is food waste?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9280\" class=\"elementor elementor-9280\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61e28c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61e28c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2717bfd\" 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data-id=\"e1c079c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Food waste\/loss<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fed464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"8fed464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-food-loss-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9298 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/food-loss-and-food-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Food loss and food waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9302 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-food-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is food waste?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9299 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/where-is-food-lost\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Where is food lost?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9300 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/reducing-food-loss-and-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Reducing food loss and waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9301 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/food-waste-at-home\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Food waste at home<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9303 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/food-labeling\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Food labeling<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9304 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/waste-of-resources\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Waste of resources<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9305 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/food-waste-facts\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Food waste facts<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a72b24 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4a72b24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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elementor-element-5a2162b\" data-id=\"5a2162b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd511b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdd511b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are food loss and food waste?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6a700a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6a700a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Food waste is simply food intended for consumption that is discarded along the food supply chain and can no longer be consumed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are many reasons why food is discarded. As household members, we see lots of food waste occurring in our homes and places we go to, such as schools, workplaces, and parks. But the bigger picture is more worrying, as the bulk of it occurs throughout the entire journey that food makes from the farms, through storage, processing, transport, market, and finally to our homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In terms of waste management, food waste is that kind of waste resulting from food that is thrown away. See other types of waste&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/kinds-of-waste\/\"><span class=\"s1\">here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Food waste could be accidental or unintentional, and may also be intentional.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If the food that is fit for consumption gets spilled during harvesting or transport, or goes bad in storage, or rot in the market, we call it food loss. They usually happen accidentally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the other hand, if we go to the restaurant and heap our plates, eat a little, and throw the rest in the trash bin, that would be food waste. If we buy more food from the market than we need, due to bad planning, and see them rot in our homes instead of giving them away, that is waste too. If a restaurant throws away the rest of the food that was not purchased or eaten, that too is food waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Food waste and food loss both end up with the same result: food waste!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is worth noting that food waste and food loss directly relate to the waste of money, time, energy, land, and many more resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In general terms, residue (by-products) from food crops and animal parts such as shells from shelled nuts, leaves of carrots and orange peels, beet leaves, and many roots, by-products from pork, are not considered food waste. They are called \u2018<b><i>inedible items<\/i><\/b>&#8216;. They may be used for producing animal feed and other pharmaceuticals. 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