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by Sainath Manikandan | 29-04-2019 20:21
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The amount of food waste generated in Ramadan is significantly higher than other months. Eating simple, small meals is key to a healthy Ramadan fast - and it can help the environment by minimizing waste. We must try to be mindful by paying attention, being conscious of not only what we’re putting into our bodies in Ramadan, but also what we don’t need in the first place. Let’s commit to minimizing waste, recycling food and food scraps and learning to live more with less. Food wastage is a wastage of energy and resources used in its production. It harms the environment. It deprives others of the food- the food you waste is a food stolen from a hungry stomach. It is a social crime. Let’s try to follow a few tips to avoid food waste in Ramadan: 1. Plan meals ahead – A simple way is to buy only the food needed. To do so, plan your meals well ahead and make a shopping list to avoid buying unnecessary items and excessive buys and not becoming a victim to the marketing strategies that lead us to buy more food than our requirement. 2. Cook the required quantity – Prepare and cook food as per the needs of your family. When people eat at hotels, they tend to overeat than what is actually needed. 3. Cook and adopt to eat vegetarian diet – People tend to eat meat products which increases by 50% of the normal demand during Ramadan. This can be greatly reduced if we enjoy meat in moderation and consider to include plant based proteins such as grains, legumes and seeds. This will help us to have a balanced diet and keep us healthy and also good for our environment and planet, as pollution due to waste by-products and livestock can be greatly reduced. 4. Share your meals – Food wastage can be greatly minimized by sharing them with your friends, neighbors’ and community. We can also be more supportive and creative by transforming them into suhour. 5. Donate to Sharing fridges and local food bank – More than 100 food bank fridges are set up in public places, residential areas and mosques, which gives us an opportunity to share our unused food and prevent the wastage. 6. Compost your leftovers – Food wastage can be greatly reduced by the above tips and instead of throwing them in the bin, we can try to compost food scraps which will reduce the negative impacts of landfills while also recycling nutrients. These can be used as natural fertilizer to help grow plants in our garden. Image source: http://www.adwonline.ae/uae-makes-moves-first-zero-waste-society-region/ https://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-for-good/teach-them-young-our-kids-shouldnt-be-food-wasters I |
 
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10 Comments
Greeting sainath
I hope you are doing well
Nicely written
Thank you so much for this report.
Keep writing
Green cheers!
Regards
Basanta
Posted 23-03-2020 11:24
Greetings sainath
I hope you are doing well!
Thank you so much for this report!
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Hema
Posted 22-03-2020 10:49
Greetings sainath
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Sus
Posted 15-03-2020 16:14
Hello sainath
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Great
Regards
Susmita
Posted 27-02-2020 10:44
Hello Sainath
Thank you for your report about Food waste in Ramadan. I do have written a blog on food waste during festival and created a awareness vedio. You can check them out at kushalnaharki.wordpress.com
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 16-06-2019 04:51
Hi Sainath,
Thank you for this report and you actually raised up a very important issue - foodwaste! Your report is actually very informative and there are many things that we should really do in our real lives. In my home country, foodwaste is also a big problem and I think we all should reduce the foodpaste by doing some good deeds that mentioned in the report! :)
Louis Mentor
Posted 03-05-2019 00:10
Well written, I like how you wrote the report before Ramadan and informing the people not to waste the excess food. As food wastage is the highest concern
Will be following it!!
Posted 30-04-2019 19:27
Hello sainath
Food waste isn??t only emptying the plate of other starved people but also equally deteriorating environment by aiding large amount of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases into the environment.
Thank you so much for this report.
Green cheers
Posted 30-04-2019 16:41
Hello Sainath!
Thank you for sharing this great tips on reducing foodwaste! Things like llanning what we are going to eat and cooking the required quantity are very easy to follow but still very effective ways to reduce wasted food. I will always keep this in mind : ) Share us if you know any other ways to save the environments.
Wonhee Mentor
Posted 30-04-2019 12:41
Greetings Sainath,
This report was very informative and practical.
We should all try to act upon these food tips not only in Ramadan, but in our every day lives.
Keep up the superb work!
Sincerely,
Eco Generation
Posted 30-04-2019 09:42