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Everyday, millions of tons of food are wasted all over the world. Why do you think it is happening and how can we resolve the problem?

While thousands of people worldwide are dying of hunger every day, developed countries of
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 world waste millions of tons of
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 on a daily basis. In
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 restaurants offering cheap meals are at almost every corner. Many of these restaurants provide all you can eat options
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 menus which are impossible to eat. Huge portions of these meals end up in the dumpster. We can observe the same phenomenon in most supermarkets. It has been proven, that an ordinary customer prefers to buy larger packings for
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 price even when they know, they will not be able to eat the whole pack. The
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 research which was conducted 10 years ago in the USA showed, that yearly leftovers of an average American family would provide enough nourishment for a family of five living in Africa. The solution is right in front of us. It is understandable, that companies will not agree to give up the profit they make, but in my opinion better marketing strategies might help to reduce
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 waste globally.
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, some all you can eat places in Prague offer their leftovers with
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% discount after 8 pm which is a great deal for those, who are in financial need. I
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 believe, that people in general, should buy only as much
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, as they are able to eat. To conclude, I think that the issue of ordering or buying more
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 that we are able to consume is something we need to work on. And while doing so, we can
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 support restaurants and organizations which try to save the edibles for homeless people etc.

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    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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