Its a strange time for all of us but there are some advantages. I recently read a post on “Lockdown, leftovers and how food frugality is a climate boon” by Christopher Walljasper and Nigel Hunt.
They show that because people are in their homes and can’t get out as freely, they are cooking and eating everything, scrounging through cupboards, fridges and freezers and everything is being consumed. Whereas pre Covid the leftovers were often discarded in favour of fast food.
That option has gone for most people so now we are reducing our food wastage. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that a third of the world’s food is wasted every year. Forests are cleared, fuel is burnt and packaging is produced just to provide food which is thrown away. Meanwhile, rotting food in landfills releases more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
As a result, food waste is responsible for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, a similar amount to road transportation. People are taking this opportunity to adopt less wasteful habits in life after lockdown.
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