In many countries, a lot of food is wasted. Why do people waste food? How can we reduce the amount of food waste?

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Wasting
food
is one of the biggest issues nowadays, especially for developing countries
such
as America and Europe. The reasons why
people
waste
food
as well as
the solutions
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this
phenomenon will be discussed in
this
essay. There are several reasons behind
this
behaviour, the action of wasting
food
, and one of them might be the high standards of lifestyle which make
people
in the condition to take
food
for granted. The huge amount of
food
everywhere in supermarkets, fast
foods
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food
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,
restaurants
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and restaurants
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might put
people
in the position of thinking that they can eat anything, anytime, anywhere and are not worried
of
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remaining without it.
Food
is always available and when it is too much
people
think that they are allowed to
waste
it because there is
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shortage of it. The higher
standar
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standard
of lifestyle is letting
people
to
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waste
the
food
they have without even worrying.
Secondly
,
people
are not enough educated on
this
topic and are not aware of what they are doing by wasting
food
. To give an example in Italy, children at
school
, from an early
age
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are allowed to bring at
school
snacks,
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though there is already some fresh
food
waiting for them. After some lessons, they have a break to eat and recharge themselves, and most of them
waste
the
food
given by the
school
due to
the fact that parents have already given them some snacks. Children are taught indirectly to
waste
the
food
from
school
, and they will carry on doing that in the future in other environments. Regarding the solutions, first of all, the education system should intervene and integrate
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the curriculum of
school
some topics about wasting
food
. Making the future generation aware of it, will be a useful action to prevent wasting
food
. Education is the most powerful weapon to solve
this
crucial problem.
For instance
, two hours a week on
this
topic will help to sensibly young
people
who will spread what they have learnt
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others,
consequently
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this
message will be transferred as quickly as possible to the community. Another fix could be fining
people
when they
waste
food
, to allow them to think twice before doing it next time.
This
action might sound drastic,
however
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however,
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if
people
continue to behave in that way,
by
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doing it might be a quick solution to stop it. In conclusion, the reasons behind the behaviour of wasting
food
,
such
as high
standars
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standards
of life and not being educated enough on
this
topic, are really dramatic that some actions,
such
as the ones suggested previously, have to be taken as soon as possible in order to stop
this
negative phenomenon.
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task achievement
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coherence cohesion
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task achievement
Provide more precise examples and balance the distribution between reasons and solutions to fully cover the topic’s aspects.
coherence cohesion
The essay provides a clear introduction and conclusion, which helps frame the discussion well.
logical structure
There is a logical sequence in paragraph development, with reasons followed by solutions.
task achievement
The essay addresses both parts of the question, discussing why food is wasted and how to reduce it.

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