Today people are wasting lots of food. what are the reasons? What can be done to reduce the amount of food waste?

Nowadays one of the major problems is that more and more foods are being wasted all around the world.

This

habit comes from many

reasons

and we must find solutions for

this

. There are two main

reasons

why consumers are wasting a huge amount of

food

.

Firstly

, with the development of new technologies and the increasingly high standard of living, human is now producing more

food

, which often exceeds what we really need.

Consequently

, a lot of

food

will become expired after a long period of falling into disuse and be thrown as

waste

.

Secondly

, the

food

-wasting habit

also

comes from the lack of awareness of the importance of

food

. Many schools focus more on teaching academic subjects and exams than teaching social issues

such

as poverty or famine, resulting in students not understanding the importance of

food

. Knowing the

reasons

for

food

waste

One of the effective measures to

this

issue is that government should be involved in campaigns to raise people’s awareness of the essence of

food

via some channels

such

as television broadcasting or social media so that people can stop wasting

food

.

Furthermore

, some rules should be implemented to punish people that

waste

food

.

For instance

, in Vietnam, some restaurants make their customers pay one hundred thousand VND for each kilogram of

food

they

waste

.

Therefore

, the amount of

food

being wasted in their restaurants is significantly reduced. In conclusion,

food

waste

is an urgent problem these days and there are many

reasons

for

this

.

Therefore

, solutions must be made to prevent

this

happen before it’s too late.