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The Causes of Food Waste in Taiwanese Homes
Do you know that there are 3.84 million tons of food that Taiwanese people waste per year?
(2021)
That is a shocking fact but why do people in Taiwan waste so much food per year?
There are three main reasons contributing to food waste in Taiwanese homes
When customers go to supermarket to buy groceries, they will buy the cheaper product without hesitation.
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The first reason that causes food waste is purchasing without thinking.
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This situation is terrible because customers will not be thinking whether they can finish or not, and the result is that the food they can’t finish will throw into the trash can. It is not only wasting money but also wasting food.
The next reason food waste is storing food for too long. People often buy new food items before finishing the old ones. Making it difficult to consume all the purchased items before they expired. Finally, the food will expire because they think once food is put into the refrigerator, the food will never rot. According to research, at least 68% of people think it is true. So, storing food for too long also causes food waste too.
The last reason causes food waste is cooking too much food. Due to the decreasing birth rate, people’s eating habits are more exquisite and don’t want to gain weight. Unfortunately, this shift of eating habit leads to leftovers that frequently go uneaten and end up in the trash can. Cooking too much food can also cause food waste too.
The causes of food waste are purchasing without thinking, storing food too long and cooking too much food. In order to solve the problem of food waste, first we can think whether we can finish or not before we buy food. Then do not buy new food items before the old one's finish. And last, we can cook a little instead of cooking a lot of food at the same time. By doing so, the food waste problem in Taiwan will definitely be improved.