Food Waste

One of the debate discussions I chose for my document was about the amount of food that is thrown away in landfills and ways we can help reduce that amount. One debater shared her thoughts on how the consumers can do their part which involved buying more responsibly and cooking with the foods we already have. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has to empty milk gallons when it has gone past its "use- by" date. Some times I'm not able to eat all the bread and mold starts growing so then I have to throw away bread that could have been used. We need to buy amounts that we know we are going to be able to finish so that none of the foods get thrown into the trash. Another thing she shared was that if a food is past its "use-by" date, it doesn't mean that the food is expired. Some foods could go months past that date and still be fresh and safe to eat. Another debater thought that the government should do their part by removing laws that create more waste. One law she thought that should be removed was the law that bans past-date foods from being sold. As I said before, past-date foods aren't spoiled and can still be eaten, so this ban only creates more piles of food in landfills. All of this wasted food could be given to families that really do need them. The amount of wasted food could be enough for everyone to be able to eat until they are full and hunger wouldn't be such a big problem. Reading this discussion made me more motivated to do my part in reducing the amount of wasted food and made me think of giant piles of food just rotting away in dumps. What other ways do think we can reduce wasted food? What can you do to reduce the food you waste?