that's so smart! I never thought of that for some reason! And it's convenient for the donaters because they probably go to the mosque a few times a week so they're less likely to forget
@@jamescord2226 Based on the way you said "I am an arabic who is currently residing in Uzbekistan " I can almost guarantee you're not Arab. Arabic is a language, not a group.
I went to an “all you can eat” buffet once which had a great system. You could refill your plate as many times as you liked, and there was a set price BUT you paid extra for every gramme of food you didn’t eat. That means that people didn’t fill their plate and left half of it sitting there when they left, but they took a little and went back for seconds (or more) if they wanted more. It’s the little details that matter when it comes to food waste.
@@lcdcjal Well actually it's all you can eat, so it can be argued that everything that wasn't eaten does not fall under the deal/price. So you're not paying twice, you're paying for everything that you could eat and then for all the surplus separately. Although trust me, people are a lot more careful not to waste if they know it's going to cost them...
@@acmulhern we could argue back and foward (you could also claim that for the price you paid you could have eaten the piece you left behind, thus paying for the surplus being an overcharge of the redtaurant). But it is not my opinion, it is how law regarding this topic works in my country.
This is so interesting. Just makes me remember when I use to work at Panda Express in Tulsa. After our shift was over there was so much food left over and we were not allowed to give it away or take it home. We had to throw away the extra food. Which is equivalent to 5lb+ of food and it makes me sad.
@@gizmo4192 Well, in the US, there is probably fear of getting sued if someone gets sick eating food from their private garbage bins (like McDonald's hot coffee asinine lawsuit). Also, it's more expensive to deliver expired food to food banks than to just throw it away.
I work in a 5 star hotel restaurant, every day we have to throw away food that could've last me a week! It aches my heart, we have no choice but to do it. We're talking about expensive cheese, fruits, salami, smoked salmon and many more!
It’s the same for big catering company’s. I work for 2 and they both throw away the food. When I asked why not donate it the answer I got was ‘ donating food that will go off soon is not worth the risk. Getting sued for food poisoning is too high’. When I asked by not give it to the staff then. They simply said ‘ we will not give it to the staff, throwing it in the bin is better’. We can make a difference but bigger places will not change. They are the ones that need to change.
Meow Kitty Bring a bag to your work and ask your boss if you can take all the waste food, if they’re cool they’ll let you, and you just got a weeks worth of super fancy food
@@FernandoTorrera the most common reason for this is the employee's performance and attitude towards work. If they can take home the fancy food scraps the employees might make more scraps intentionally so they could take it home.
The term third world country apparently not so accurate to describe the economic status of one country in this era. In that case Singapore is (historical accurate) a Third world country. “Developing countries” is a better word
@@trashyfangirl2394 you are wrong a lot of obese people have nutrition deficits...they eat cheap processed food which are loaded with calories instead of healthy food due to unavailability and food deserts
Yeah i agree with "Lyrics or Nah", being overweight is often caused by eating unhealthy foods. Thats why there are poor people that are obese, because eating healthy is very costly and they end up having to eat cheap, processed, junk food.
What if they used the foodcam idea at Walmart or another grocery store in an app form. So when food is about to go bad they send out a notification that the lower-priced food (kinda like a clearance sale) is available.
The problem with this idea (at least in walmart's eyes) is that a lot of people would wait for that text to buy cheaper food, so instead of buying fresh food for it's whole price they can wait some more to buy the same food (maybe not as fresh) for a reduced price, i've seen even local farmers throw away food for that reason.
because mark down food has little profit, the last thing the large stores would want is to attract this kind of consumer because they dont profit off it as much as other consumers.
JA443TT ik this is late but I’m sure that once people bother to go all the way to the supermarket they will most likely buy other things and also things to match what they just bought. The only people who would only buy anything if marked down doesn’t really matter as they wouldn’t buy the full price no matter what. Also even if they don’t make a profit they would have to throw it away the next day anyway so then they lose money
I see food go to waste everyday at my school. Our school requires us to take fruit and vegetables but they don't care if we eat it. Many students grab a bag of apples and don't even open the bag and just throw it away. I think that the school should have a pile of that you can put food that you don't eat in.
Rachel Harris same here it's regulations that require kids to have a full meal on their plate even if we don't even eat half of it which is pretty retarded in my opinion cause of all the wasted food
I also found that u need to be full stomach... before going for shopping, my shopping bill reduced by 15 %. Blame genetics and our poor ancestor but it works.
Great point. Hey, on an empty stomach I would of bought even non food products that weren't really necessary at the time. Yes, I eat now before shopping and my bill went down too.
100% agree. Whenever I go out on a full stomach I feel a lot more concentrated and on point but when I'm hungry I get side tracked to sugary stores for a quick snack.
This has actually been proven and one thing that me and my dad do is every other weekend we wake up early and go get some breakfast and then head to the store(yes we spend money on breakfast but we would of had to eat food at home afterwards)
I'm so glad I was taught not to waste food. My father always say that the food is fruit of the labors of farmers so we should appreciate their labor and also be reminded that we are blessed with a meal unlike those who cannot get food on their plate. I wish my friends could also see that when they waste their food.
My Grandfather, said to me,"never let the fruit hit ground". This was his grandfather's way of saying" do not waste a thing". Now my grandchildren are taught the same.
We can actually fight waste food in an indirect way if we implement Veganism in our society. Meat ist actually a luxury food and for that production we have to put a lot of plant food in to get less meat units at the end. So we can basically eat plant food the same way and take in more calories than eating the endproduct. If we really care about food to fight world hunger we would go for World Veganism.
Thank you for bringing up labor. If people watch Our Changing Climate on migrant farmers, and the issues from Hello Fresh, many workers are exploited to the point of injuries, death, abuse, or wage theft. Only for many customers to just waste their labor, suffering, and poverty.
I used to work as a waiter in a large resort in Colorado and my colleagues and I were made to throw away so much untouched quality food every single day, that I feel sick of myself. We were made to throw the food away as according to the company policy, it was illegal for employees to eat (or take home) any of the leftovers from the function meals... I feel that it is better and more generous to feed your poor minimum wage employees, rather than just throw away everything that your special pretentious clients waste.
i worked in a horse racing place and they were buffets some days where any excess food was either saved or thrown away hoever employees werent allowed to to take food home but some did anyway lieke me lol
Then they open up themselves to libel and legalities once the food has made any kind of contact. Example: Someone took a large handful of those ketchup packets and only used two. Worker went to put the unopened ones away, costumer saw, made a fuss, manager pointed out safe handling laws and the ketchup packets were thrown away.
Jared Hamon yes but why can't it be donated or the employees use it. I understand the costumers not liking it but not allowing it to be given to anyone?
My university has a "Buffet Response Team" while some of my hostel neighbours developed an app; both which serve to inform the general university population of any buffet happening on campus with leftover food, so that even those not invited to those buffets can go over to help themselves to reduce wastage. I imagine some might be too embarrassed to do so though (might make one appear cheap for sourcing for a free meal)
I am a WCU student. I signed up for their free food app but never used it because its all junk food, I wasn't really hungry anyway. There was this one series of student-teacher demonstrations. They always advertised free food to get people to come. I was the only one that ever showed up, they always had cookies, brownies, chips and hummus. The only time I ate was when the teacher brought his organic home grown watermelon.
30 years ago, in college, we shared food. when someone bought pizza, any leftover, i got it, and saved it for snacks. after several guy's leftovers pizzas, i had WHOLE pizzas!!! i shared with other guys on weekends!!! (no waste...)
i think the bigger problem is shops throwing food away and the perfection standards in the industry and supermarkets with their ruthless advertising and making you buy things you dont need
no one is denying that companies play a big part as well but as the static showed in the beginning of the video, consumer waste is the worst. don't sit and think that it doesnt matter what you do because "muh big corporations"
Bigtree2x4 dude you should really read what I wrote, you're the only one acting like I was thinking something different. As I said they play a big part but dont forget that consumer waste is still BIGGER and I find that kind of odd considering how much restaurants and cafes throw away everyday. businesses play a BIG part, they're PART of the problem but don't forget you are also a big part of the problem, even more so although not by much than that of businesses. I'm really tired of people always blaming the other man when they're just as much of a problem which is why i wrote my comment.
If the companies made less food there would be less food waste They throw away everything that is not "perfectly shaped" They produce more than what people can eat.
Part of that practice is consumer-developed. Almost all consumers look for the perfect apple/orange, etc. and pick only those. Then, other fairly good produce gets turfed at days end simply because it won't sell, even though there is nothing wrong with it. Same with non-perishable food that comes in packages. Damaged can or box? Sits on the shelf. I've tried to commit myself that if I can swing it based on my needs, to buy up products that would otherwise sit on the shelf. A damaged box with food in sealed packages inside or dented can is really a non-issue as long as the food is still fresh/safe and you can open the can. Same with fruit or veg. If I'm using it that night and it's bruised - I don't mind. Expiry date on meat for that evening? Cool. I challenge everyone to do the same where possible. I also keep my fridge only provisioned for 3-5 days at most. This means I shop more often (as it's not inconvenient for me), but can also take transit home than have to flag a taxi. My food is fresher this way, I can buy more good but not perfect product, and I rarely waste food because of it. Also, in the case of a power outage, I also don't have to worry about wasting hundreds of dollars of frozen and refrigerated goods.
Nah, you are absolutely wrong. Vietnamese always wastes food, it just never happens inside a family meal. And you Indians never scare of lawsuits, do you?
Capitalism makes it so the only people that make it to a position where they have the power to let that happen are those that care about profit above all else (for the most part). 99% of people hate seeing food go to waste; if the choice of what to do with excess food was up to that 99% instead of greedy capitalists, then the amount of wasted food would go down significantly.
@@tlowry6338 This has nothing to do with capitalism; it has to do with being sued. The law is the problem. Large companies (especially grocery stores) used to donate massive amounts of food to food banks until lawsuits started happening (most of which were not credible), and since the government has done nothing to protect those that are trying to do the right thing, the donating has stopped.
@@ThuhOthers that is true, but large stores wouldn't need to donate in the first place if poor and starving were treated with respect and given ownership over their labour. Relying on charity is never gonna work out. I agree that lawsuits have been a huge part of the problem though
@@tlowry6338 If you want to own your labor, work in a collectively owned company, like winco. This model of business does exist in the United States but it's not viable for every company.
@@TheManinBlack9054 Meanwhile in my country some types of food (probably mostly the preserved/processed ones) don't legally need to have an expiry date
In India we are taught from childhood to not throw or leave food . And if we do parents always say many people work hard for this amount of food and you get it with ease so don't waste it. Finish it.
Same but also i've seen when we're at a function such as marriage people fill their plate with lots of food more than what they can eat and throw away the rest, i think its pretty sad cause when i have to throw some food away i feel really embarassed
But that's also kinda bad, not all people have the same stomach, some people even throw up immediately if they over eat. Everyone is extremely different in every way.
Ironically, in the U.S., when a parent wants their kid to eat all the food on their plate, they say "Eat all your food, there are children starving in India."
Individual people and households do waste a ridiculous amount of food, but the food producers and shops waste an absolutely phenomenally high amount of food. Definitely practice reducing food waste in your own life, but also buy the 'ugly' produce and demand that retailers stop with such crazy food waste too, since they waste more than you'll probably ever even see in your lifetime, in just a short period. There's more than enough food being produced on Earth to make sure nobody ever goes hungry, and tonnes upon tonnes of it is just thrown out before it ever hits the shelves for not meeting aesthetic requirements for retail.
@@margot2239 PLEASE tell me we're all on the same Page when seeing stuff like Mr.Beast and his Charity: The 'This is not enough, but also dont worry, cause Experts and even Experts who are genuinly-entertaining do have some Stuff to say here'-Page.
@@Aethelhadas they claim it’s because they’re worried about the donuts going stale, but if they sealed them in airtight containers that wouldn’t happen. they could keep fresh for up to 5 days at least. unfortunately, donating surplus food costs money from the company somehow, and corporations are literally only motivated by money.
A big part of this food waste problem is how we buy food. In the US and Canada, cities are spread out so you make long drives to these massive grocery stores at the edge of town, and because of that, you tend to stock up for the next week or two weeks. As a result a lot of that food ends up going to waste. It's unsurprising that the US and Canada have the biggest food waste problems which are tied to poor city layout. Compare this to European or denser US cities where grocery stores are on each corner, and since people drive much less, they often buy food in smaller quantities only for the next day or two. Less food gets wasted this way. City planning and zoning can play a huge role in reducing food waste. By using less strict zoning, spreading out grocery stores, and making short trips possible, cities can massively reduce food waste.
This wide car-centered form of living was created due to fear of black crime and lobbying by car & gas companies. In China and maybe Vietnam, you have to pay tolls to use vehicles which discourages the use of cars while in the US its done by the government b/c of lobbying encouraging the use of cars.
40% IS THROWN AWAY?!!!! THAT IS INSANE! Do you know how many homeless and starving kids we could help with that? Even just at my school a lot of kids end up throwing away like half of their food because it tastes like crap
Rattzi Bro Well that's another problem. Some food just tastes like garbage. Schools think a meal as healthy as possible is the best approach, but in reality, the healthier school lunches are, generally the shittier they taste, so much more food is wasted. It's very hard to have healthy and tasty food, I'll while maintaining a budget for the school.
LinusMLGTips my school doesn't serve healthy food and its still discusting, everytime i eat something in my school thats not name brand snacks my stomach hurts.
LinusMLGTips nah man even the freaking PIZZA tastes awful, and it is so greasy and rubbery. One more problem is the "healthy"food is so poor quality that it is rotten when it's served.
There needs to be another layer: for the uneaten and spoiled food, we need composting. Put the completed compost back onto our fields so we don't have to use as much chemical fertilizers. Process night soil to make it safe, and then use it as fertilizer too. We can do so much to re-use and reduce.
@@MrGigi-dz9cv I'm working in a school lunchroom (about 1500 students and staff). And we throw away an unbelievable amount of food in general, but the difference is that people who pay for their food will eat more than half of it, while these private school kids just take two bites and throw away a full plate of food. Luckily the school separates food waste from trash and recyclables and I can only hope it gets turned into animal feed or compost
One of the things I found to have a gigantic impact is making shopping lists and sticking to them. Usually, my dad would do the groceries by memory, but we’d always end up with a good few products at the end of the week that were spoiled. After he got cancer and couldn’t go into public places, me and my mom took that over and we started making lists because we needed the crutch as to not forget anything. Now, we throw out a bit of rapidly aging fruit (think strawberries and the like)… and that’s about it. Maybe the odd bit of meat that went off before its date, but that is not something we have much influence over.
I live in Texas and people here are beyond stupid when it comes to wasting food. If the donuts from that morning are still there in the afternoon, they get thrown away. Didn't like your meal and took two bites out of it? Throw it away. That package of ham expired today? Don't even bother checking if it's still fresh or not just throw it away. I can go on for awhile. When all else fails I put the food in my compost pile and let the squirrels, raccoons, opossums, cats, birds, insects and any other critter eat what they want. Nothing goes to waste in my house. I'm also a bit of a horder but at least I have the economy and environment in mind.
what is even more ridiculous is that grocery stores will toss out fruit and veggies that are still good and will donate food near the expiration date to food bank and they lock up the trash bins so people don't go through them cuz they can't make money off of it. how cruel do you have to be?
Jagan Joseph no they don't want bums hanging around for a free meal. I worked in a grocery store, homeless people hanging around begging was bad for the stores image and makes customers go elsewhere, that was the reasoning my manager gave me.
Nicole As someone who dumpster dived out of desperation: no one goes while the store is open. We all go at night, when no one is around. Because we don't want to get caught and/or have the cops called on us. It literally is just greed. (Also I wasn't homeless when I did it, neither are any of the others I know who do it/have done it. Or that I've met while out.)
Jagan Joseph Lol no. There is perfectly good untouched food in there. It's even all wrapped up in plastic a lot of the time. Plus dumpster divers avoid perishables. A friend and I once scored 28 packs of ramen and 16 packs of cookies. They were still in their cling wrap from the skid!
Kye Talks I re-read what I wrote, it did sound dickish of me, I'm just so angry about the whole situation and how my manager acted about it. I actually have been homeless before so I wasn't looking down on anyone and we used to dumpster dive when I was a kid at this like hostess cakes store. Lol we used to have all the snacks.
Here are some tips to reduce food waste: -go grocery shopping on a full stomach. If you go being hungry you'll feel inclined to buy more food (which you probably don't need) -if you live with roommates, buy some things collectively (bread, ketchup, cereal) that you know are at risk of going bad if each buys their own -if you're gonna buy a food item you haven't tried before, buy only a little in case you don't like it -don't throw wasted food directly in the trash can, instead throw it in an airtight see-through container. This will help you be conscious about what you throw away -use small plates and small cups. You can always refill them but it will be hard to grab more food than you can finish.
Food-Waste was amazingly covered by Second Thought in his video named 'Is Cpaitalism Actually Efficient??'. We can all do Something aainst this; some things probably come to mind; but i wanna add: Even outside of Rallys, important people often do answer Questions from 'normal Dudes', so isnt that an Opportunity for Much?!
For people that can maybe they should set up a bin on the edge of their property labeled "food for homeless people that may or may not be still good" and throw all their food waste there
i've also noticed that when you get a big plate and don't fill it, people will be like "that's all you're eating?" even when it's a good amount already and then when there's free food laying out, there's usually a hesitation to go grab it, like everyone is waiting for the first group to go and then follow like "oh it's ok to eat this." i guess that's cause of trying not to look "fat" or whatever and also bc of social instincts just to follow, but it's dumb and a lot is wasted just cause of that. idk how to explain it but hopefully that got across well.
Capitalism caused this while millions are homeless and starving There is no profit in giving food away, that's why Money comes first, the environment is second to greedy capitalists
Being from middle east and living in the US, I have had another observation: In developed countries, the production process is more efficient with less waste, but consumers waste a lot, simply because their money can afford this! In developing or under-developed countries, many consumers cannot afford wasting food and the level of wasting it is way lower, but on the other side, the production process is less efficient and more wasteful.
Especially in the Western World, we see food wastage as exclusively our problem, so you’re insight is especially interesting, because most of us haven’t even fully considered the efficiency of production and how it affects food wastage (I’m a Brit btw)
4:43 Exactly why I’m glad my Dad raised us to eat out of bowls. I know it sounds ridiculous to eat virtually everything out of there but it automatically portions everything you eat to a certain amount.
Food-Waste was amazingly covered by Second Thought in his video named 'Is Cpaitalism Actually Efficient??'. We can all do Something aainst this; some things probably come to mind; but i wanna add: Even outside of Rallys, important people often do answer Questions from 'normal Dudes', so isnt that an Opportunity for Much?!
Chris Chung actually it's because of the best by date there is only a certain time they want on shelfs to reduce lawsuits and stuff but that's not even the main source. The processing from farm to retail is because of how food looks.
+kamboj sb: the "lawsuit" thing is bogus. They can donate food past expiration date. It gets selected properly by the people who sort through the donations.
I don't think that's really at the farmers end, more like distributer. Farmers want to make as much profit as possible from their product, throwing it out isn't how to do that. A lot of food that gets rejected in industry actually often finds its way back into farming, for feed and such. When I was doing a course on agriculture, the pigs at the college were actually being fed partly on waste chocolate.
For example, in Brazil, where I live, there's a law that PROHIBITED food donation. Why? Because the ones who receive the food, if they get sick by food poisoning, they can sue the donators. So big companies prefer to throw away tons of perfect good food to dont have the possibility to get sued. And that's just one more example of absurdities bad politics can do.
I worked next door to a donut shop once,at the end of the day they would fill garbage bags full of donuts and throw them in the dumpster. We're talking hundreds of donuts on especially quiet days. Obviously donuts are not great for you, but I always thought that seemed like the stupidest thing you could possibly do to get rid of perfectly good food.
elephantasmic I took them at the end and brought them to my dealer. He'd give me 2 grams a day, he was the dealer with 30 donuts a day. People flocked to him, I got blazed For free for a year.
Those employees were doing it wrong. I worked at Dunkin Donuts and I too was told to throw all the donuts and muffins out. But I would stop off at my car on the way to the dumpster to grab this or that and completely forget muffins and donuts in my car all the time. But yeah, honestly I threw the majority of it away except for the blue berry muffins which I loved. My manager threatened to fire people who tried to take anything home or eat anything that was suppose to be thrown out. I didn't give much of a damn and I worked alone during the overnight so I brought home tons of baked goods.
Reminded me of old times when I worked as a waiter and at the end of each shift we had to through away all the leftover food. Some delicious and also expensive desserts went straight to trashbag. So behind single consumers and those, who order food for some events, there is also a whole industry to change.
Food-Waste was amazingly covered by Second Thought in his video named 'Is Cpaitalism Actually Efficient??'. We can all do Something aainst this; some things probably come to mind; but i wanna add: Even outside of Rallys, important people often do answer Questions from 'normal Dudes', so isnt that an Opportunity for Much?!
This is a big problem of the western world. Here in India, homes contribute to a very small portion of the total food waste. If we think that the food is not good for human consumption, we feed it to stray animals and the animals are more than happy and it doesn't even affect their health. Food wastage is discouraged by our culture and we are happy that it isn't too big of an issue atleast here.
Deepanshu Sharma statistically India wastes a lot of its food...40 % of food produced is wasted...n home food is not the issue. foods from marriages n events.. supermarkets n retailers... restaurants n hotels.. that's where the majority lies
Poulomi Sandeep I agree with you but thats why I said homes make a very small portion of the total food waste, the catering industry is the main culprit here unlike the western countries where people buy food but don't consume it.
Deepanshu Sharma Feeding animals is one of better ways. but claiming that in our culture we r tought to not waste food is a over statement. We alone waste so many litres of milk on idols. So in practice we do not follow it. Rest I think we r no better than other countries we have a poor waste disposal system and infrastructure.
Deepanshu Sharma you stated in your original comment 'this is a big problem in the western world', food wastage is discouraged in our culture', ' it is not big an issue here's which is why my comment...
Copia should get in touch with Uber. They could use their carpool or food delivery service to pick up food and drop it off along routes it is already taking. It would save Copia time and energy, while increasing food delivery. Pitch it to Uber as a strong PR move; believe me, with all the bad press they're getting, they'll take it immediately! If not go to Lyft, etc.
how would you deal with refrigeration? Like mentioned in the video the main variable here is shelf life! That is why they use industrial refrigeration trucks.
I used to work in airline catering, and there is a lot of wasted food, water, and disposable utensils. They try to reuse some unopened products, but still much of it goes to waste. The recyclables that the stewards/stewardesses collect in these bags end-up going in the trash as well. I wish there was something that can be done about that.
this is a smart way of dealing with this problem which has grown gigantic over the decades. I think parents and teachers should encourage children not to waste food, or any resources, from a very early age. that would make the world a better place.
just dont buy food just sit next to a cefeteria or fast food place trash can and ask the people for the food they would have trown save money buy video games did trought my college years
saving money by getting to spend it on the really important tings in life is how you budget your money wisely.ohalso dumbster dive there is soomuch food there amoung other nice stuff. we need to save the planet.
The same can be said about the Clothing industry. So Much goes into manufacturing of clothes and yet so many go to waste thereby damaging the environment when there are millions of people around the world that could do with decent clothing and not to mention the issues such as child labor that goes on.
Same thing with toys, books, electronics, furniture, etc. It all comes down to overconsumption and the fact that our (speaking as an American) lifestyle is not sustainable.
Perfect! Now to address the other big source of food waste: the stuff that never gets sold due to cosmetic package damage or bruised/discolored produce. So much food gets thrown away at stores because they don't sell it. We had a store in my hometown that worked with local grocery stores, they took "unwanted" food items that were still perfectly edible instead of having the stores throw them out, and sold them at reduced prices. How can we make these kinds of stores more common?
KFC throw away ALL fried chicken that hasn't been sold, after 30mins of being cooked. Which results in each UK KFC branch throwing away three tonnes of chicken a year. It's not just a problem on an individual level. But it's also a huge issue with companies throwing away food. A good way to fix the problem of hunger and food waste, is to push a Law similar to what France has which is to make it illegal for supermarket to throw away food. But to also make sure food chains don't do the same.
As a javanese (one of the tribes in Indonesia), our parents used to tell a myth/old saying when we were a child back then : "Kalau kamu membuang nasi, maka nasi itu akan menangis" which simply means that "If you throw away the rice, that rice will cry". So yeah, since we're a child we're taught not to dispose/throw away our food. We have to eat it all n be more responsible to our own food. Therefore guys, as we know we have this dumbest problem *please dont bite off more than u can chew* :)
most vox videos: here is a problem -> reasons why problem is dumb -> easy way to solve problem -> why problem isn't solved (usually it is corporate greed)
proudblackjynx lol what do you expect? vox is not a "youtube company" they are believe or not news media company and they are just doing their job which is to deliver news and info to the public
proudblackjynx no, these problems are most certainly not thought through enough in the general population. Yes, elegant solutions have been thought up by a few people, but unless the thinking is spread around, there is not enough of it.
Also Vox: Here is a problem> All contributing factors to problem mentioned but glossed over> Overly simple solution proposed that ignores all the previous information> "People suck" title and tone In particular in this video, " I get it we're all busy". In that one statement you can launch into an entire discussion of how over worked we are, how difficult it is to find time due to city/suburban planning, how supermarkets being so much of a trip encourages overbuying, and how deceptive food sale practices all encourage wasteful behaviour.
I used to work at the dining commons at UCSB. I remember at the end of dinner they forced us to throw away whole chickens. Whole cooked chickens. When asked why we couldn't donate, the answer I got was that if you donate food to people and someone gets sick from it, they could sue. So a ton of whole cooked chickens went into the dumpster
The points in this video are all valid but anyone who's worked in any food realised business has realised all this already long long ago, but would the managerial hierarchy listen to us worker bees? You must be kidding! It annoys me that it takes people of a certain level in society to point out stuff like and be listened too and make the change when ordinary people have who've worked in these places and pointed it out get ignored.
Well the higher your level, the more attention you get, the more trusted you are, and the more responsibility you have. You dont have to be an ordinary worker bee. Become someone people will listen to Lol your comment actually motivated me
@@justabout6979 Being an ordinary worker, and being someone that people will listen to, are generally mutually exclusive. In fields like fast food, service, and catering, decision makers in upper management/ownership will not really put any weight on the feedback of those on the frontline, and will often implement policies that they disagree with, and/or hinder their ability to do their jobs even.
@@quentin9628 you misunderstood me, I said Not to be an ordinary worker if you need to be listened to. Put in as much effort as it takes to get the managerial position(or the next step up from your job). I never said ordinary workers weren't mutually exclusive than those who get the respect, credibility, and influence.
Vox is one of the best RUclips channels, with a lot of high quality videos, well produced and with incredible contents. Thanks... I would like to see one about micro plastics in nature...
I admit, it is one of my mental hangups. I eat meat once or twice a week, but I make sure to eat all of the meat because I feel like it is rude to the animal to waste any of its contribution.
puddin' do you see any one that eats meat giving you a hard time because you're vegetarian? No. then stop giving meat eaters hard time because we eat meat. And food wasting is a problem of the rich. humans are naturally like that, if they have a good life they don't care with their wastes. On the other hand, if you're struggling to get things in life, you're value them more.
Copia, I am truly inspired. My country Myanmar (Burma) just went under military coup in Feb, 21 and many people are in great need of help. I will try to build a startup to extract the excess and donate where needed, that's what I think I can do to help my poor nation with extremely rich generals. Please wish me luck, I will try my best!
Today I couldn't eat a meal in morning because I can't use money from my college tuition it's surprising for me how people waste food in other countries 😞
Yeah! You can always feed your dog the table scraps. Any unfinished food with meat in it gets fed to my border collie. His favorite is baked spaghetti bolognese with cheese :)
My Moms house, they throw out so much food it upsets me. They hoard food and it just rots in the fridge. They had Two fridges and two freezers for 3 people.
this is good information but very superficial...most food is wasted by corporations and supermarkets and in the production chain because people want good looking vegetables!
I worked in an office where they held lunch/dinner meetings. One of my jobs was to clear out these rooms. Often there was untouched, fresh food left over. Our instructions were to throw it out, but I, and my co-workers would eat it.
As far I've seen and known, companies and local business would rather throw away or dispose of leftover or close to expiratiring food, due to any legal action taken against them if someone claims to have gotten sick from their generosity.
This Copia food sharing website is really similar to the needs and supplies information sharing needed in disaster recovery, response, volunteerism, etc. Maybe they could think about developing their site for disasters too! :D
Something I noticed is that in Mexico, there isn't as much food waste, because people can't afford to waste a lot of food. You are raised in a way that teaches you not to waste anything because you should repurpose as much as you can. Even if you are very well off, it's just the way of thinking that everything has to be used to its fullest, and food waste just feels wrong.
In India.. We were disciplined to finish all the food in the plate since childhood.Thats respect for the food..and the efforts people put in for it to be served on your plate. Ancestors were wise people indeed.
I didn’t realize how much food gets wasted until I got a job at a kitchen in a supermarket. They have a hot bar where people can take what they like and by the end of the whatever doesn’t get taken gets dumped. Typically 3-4 buckets full (100+ pounds) of food gets tossed every single day. It always bothered me.
"Be the change you want to see in the world," a wise person once said. It would be nice if there was a community for world/self improvement stuff like this though. Do you know any communities like that? 🤔 I feel inspired but lazy, so there's that.... it'd be easier to push each other for change in a community so yeh.
In Dubai , we have fridges outside mosques , where we can put leftover food in the fridge and the less fortunate take anything they need.
that's so smart! I never thought of that for some reason! And it's convenient for the donaters because they probably go to the mosque a few times a week so they're less likely to forget
That’s amazing! Save the earth and our people please ❤️
@@jamescord2226 women do have right to go there Feminist
@@jamescord2226 Based on the way you said "I am an arabic who is currently residing in Uzbekistan
" I can almost guarantee you're not Arab. Arabic is a language, not a group.
@@Yo_mama41 or English is not their first language
People don't like whitespace in their fridge? I'm the exact opposite. Overfilled fridges with old food drives me crazy
Real Engineering ayy mah man. i love ur videos
Same here. I need to be able to see everything in there when i open the door.
I thought the same thing. I get stressed out if my fridge is cluttered.
Erhmegawd, it's real engineering!
Right? It also looks a bit disgusting or, at the very least, unattractive, to me. Even if the food isn't spoiled at all.
I went to an “all you can eat” buffet once which had a great system. You could refill your plate as many times as you liked, and there was a set price BUT you paid extra for every gramme of food you didn’t eat. That means that people didn’t fill their plate and left half of it sitting there when they left, but they took a little and went back for seconds (or more) if they wanted more. It’s the little details that matter when it comes to food waste.
Now this is what we need.
i have went to a sushi place with a similar system
In Brazil we used to have this system for all you can eat sushi places. However, it is illegal here as you would be paying twice for the same product
@@lcdcjal Well actually it's all you can eat, so it can be argued that everything that wasn't eaten does not fall under the deal/price. So you're not paying twice, you're paying for everything that you could eat and then for all the surplus separately.
Although trust me, people are a lot more careful not to waste if they know it's going to cost them...
@@acmulhern we could argue back and foward (you could also claim that for the price you paid you could have eaten the piece you left behind, thus paying for the surplus being an overcharge of the redtaurant). But it is not my opinion, it is how law regarding this topic works in my country.
This is so interesting. Just makes me remember when I use to work at Panda Express in Tulsa. After our shift was over there was so much food left over and we were not allowed to give it away or take it home. We had to throw away the extra food. Which is equivalent to 5lb+ of food and it makes me sad.
Why tf did you trow it away
That's how the restaurant industry works.
@@TheMichael408 Yeah, but why waste that much food
@@gizmo4192 Well, in the US, there is probably fear of getting sued if someone gets sick eating food from their private garbage bins (like McDonald's hot coffee asinine lawsuit). Also, it's more expensive to deliver expired food to food banks than to just throw it away.
Thats a shame. Isnt there something they could do about it?
In France It's Illegal for companies to throw food , all the left over must be donated !
3a9lani hey that's pretty good
A law that helps the people rather than hinder the people, HMMMMM...
I think this video lacks greatly for not even acknowledging this.
In retail stores, the waste of the amount everyday is sad. We truly take things for granted
you croissants are awesome
I work in a 5 star hotel restaurant, every day we have to throw away food that could've last me a week! It aches my heart, we have no choice but to do it. We're talking about expensive cheese, fruits, salami, smoked salmon and many more!
It’s the same for big catering company’s. I work for 2 and they both throw away the food. When I asked why not donate it the answer I got was ‘ donating food that will go off soon is not worth the risk. Getting sued for food poisoning is too high’. When I asked by not give it to the staff then. They simply said ‘ we will not give it to the staff, throwing it in the bin is better’.
We can make a difference but bigger places will not change. They are the ones that need to change.
Meow Kitty
Bring a bag to your work and ask your boss if you can take all the waste food, if they’re cool they’ll let you, and you just got a weeks worth of super fancy food
Why don’t they give it to their staff to eat
at least open composting business with their food?
@@FernandoTorrera the most common reason for this is the employee's performance and attitude towards work. If they can take home the fancy food scraps the employees might make more scraps intentionally so they could take it home.
When you live in a third world country you'll immediately be taught the importance of food. You don't ever _dare_ to waste what you're given.
I live in a third world country. I guess I am lucky to be born in a better third world country and have enough to live.
Yes because all 3rd world countries are savannas with people living in huts.
@@RandomHandle837 you're joking
@@psychosoty8798 not joking, but being sarcastic.
The term third world country apparently not so accurate to describe the economic status of one country in this era. In that case Singapore is (historical accurate) a Third world country. “Developing countries” is a better word
Obesity and food scarcity, both at the same time, huh.
Yes
Those who can buy food overeat and waste food
Those who can't suffer
@@trashyfangirl2394 not only that but fast food has become the main food source for a lot, causing health problems like obesity
@@trashyfangirl2394 you are wrong a lot of obese people have nutrition deficits...they eat cheap processed food which are loaded with calories instead of healthy food due to unavailability and food deserts
Yeah i agree with "Lyrics or Nah", being overweight is often caused by eating unhealthy foods. Thats why there are poor people that are obese, because eating healthy is very costly and they end up having to eat cheap, processed, junk food.
That's a demographic problem. Money isn't distributed equally across the world.
What if they used the foodcam idea at Walmart or another grocery store in an app form. So when food is about to go bad they send out a notification that the lower-priced food (kinda like a clearance sale) is available.
Wy'Kia they do that at cvs
They should use Sensors on the shelf’s
The problem with this idea (at least in walmart's eyes) is that a lot of people would wait for that text to buy cheaper food, so instead of buying fresh food for it's whole price they can wait some more to buy the same food (maybe not as fresh) for a reduced price, i've seen even local farmers throw away food for that reason.
because mark down food has little profit, the last thing the large stores would want is to attract this kind of consumer because they dont profit off it as much as other consumers.
JA443TT ik this is late but I’m sure that once people bother to go all the way to the supermarket they will most likely buy other things and also things to match what they just bought. The only people who would only buy anything if marked down doesn’t really matter as they wouldn’t buy the full price no matter what. Also even if they don’t make a profit they would have to throw it away the next day anyway so then they lose money
I see food go to waste everyday at my school. Our school requires us to take fruit and vegetables but they don't care if we eat it. Many students grab a bag of apples and don't even open the bag and just throw it away. I think that the school should have a pile of that you can put food that you don't eat in.
Rachel Harris same here it's regulations that require kids to have a full meal on their plate even if we don't even eat half of it which is pretty retarded in my opinion cause of all the wasted food
Right but my school did this thing we’re we put uneaten food in these buckets for family’s in need
Those regulations sucks. Dont know in US, but here in Brazil a restaurant can't give leftovers to ppl at all.
Rachel Harris at my elementary school we had a table that the kids put their unwanted food on. Kids who wanted to take it and eat it could.
my school does the same thing, I stopped getting food because of it. so retarded . .
I also found that u need to be full stomach... before going for shopping, my shopping bill reduced by 15 %. Blame genetics and our poor ancestor but it works.
Great point. Hey, on an empty stomach I would of bought even non food products that weren't really necessary at the time. Yes, I eat now before shopping and my bill went down too.
100% agree. Whenever I go out on a full stomach I feel a lot more concentrated and on point but when I'm hungry I get side tracked to sugary stores for a quick snack.
Make a grocery list and stick to it can help too
Oh I've known that for a long time. If your hungry, you will buy things you don't need because your hungry.
This has actually been proven and one thing that me and my dad do is every other weekend we wake up early and go get some breakfast and then head to the store(yes we spend money on breakfast but we would of had to eat food at home afterwards)
I'm so glad I was taught not to waste food. My father always say that the food is fruit of the labors of farmers so we should appreciate their labor and also be reminded that we are blessed with a meal unlike those who cannot get food on their plate. I wish my friends could also see that when they waste their food.
My Grandfather, said to me,"never let the fruit hit ground". This was his grandfather's way of saying" do not waste a thing". Now my grandchildren are taught the same.
Can i share my number with you?
g-d bless ur awesome family, great father
We can actually fight waste food in an indirect way if we implement Veganism in our society. Meat ist actually a luxury food and for that production we have to put a lot of plant food in to get less meat units at the end. So we can basically eat plant food the same way and take in more calories than eating the endproduct.
If we really care about food to fight world hunger we would go for World Veganism.
Thank you for bringing up labor. If people watch Our Changing Climate on migrant farmers, and the issues from Hello Fresh, many workers are exploited to the point of injuries, death, abuse, or wage theft. Only for many customers to just waste their labor, suffering, and poverty.
I used to work as a waiter in a large resort in Colorado and my colleagues and I were made to throw away so much untouched quality food every single day, that I feel sick of myself. We were made to throw the food away as according to the company policy, it was illegal for employees to eat (or take home) any of the leftovers from the function meals... I feel that it is better and more generous to feed your poor minimum wage employees, rather than just throw away everything that your special pretentious clients waste.
i worked in a horse racing place and they were buffets some days where any excess food was either saved or thrown away hoever employees werent allowed to to take food home but some did anyway lieke me lol
They should modify the policy that allow the waste food to give them.
It's gonna be really a win-win tactic.
They should be fined for that!! Disgusting waste
Then they open up themselves to libel and legalities once the food has made any kind of contact. Example: Someone took a large handful of those ketchup packets and only used two. Worker went to put the unopened ones away, costumer saw, made a fuss, manager pointed out safe handling laws and the ketchup packets were thrown away.
Jared Hamon yes but why can't it be donated or the employees use it. I understand the costumers not liking it but not allowing it to be given to anyone?
Almost every college student: "Free food? MINE!!!"
My university has a "Buffet Response Team" while some of my hostel neighbours developed an app; both which serve to inform the general university population of any buffet happening on campus with leftover food, so that even those not invited to those buffets can go over to help themselves to reduce wastage. I imagine some might be too embarrassed to do so though (might make one appear cheap for sourcing for a free meal)
Yeah that's right
I am a WCU student. I signed up for their free food app but never used it because its all junk food, I wasn't really hungry anyway. There was this one series of student-teacher demonstrations. They always advertised free food to get people to come. I was the only one that ever showed up, they always had cookies, brownies, chips and hummus. The only time I ate was when the teacher brought his organic home grown watermelon.
bruh i'm always hungry college made me crave food all day and im underweight😭
30 years ago, in college, we shared food. when someone bought pizza, any leftover, i got it, and saved it for snacks. after several guy's leftovers pizzas, i had WHOLE pizzas!!! i shared with other guys on weekends!!! (no waste...)
i think the bigger problem is shops throwing food away and the perfection standards in the industry and supermarkets with their ruthless advertising and making you buy things you dont need
Cheese on Toast ya it's crazy, like why not donate the food?
no one is denying that companies play a big part as well but as the static showed in the beginning of the video, consumer waste is the worst. don't sit and think that it doesnt matter what you do because "muh big corporations"
Have self control you bigot
Bigtree2x4 dude you should really read what I wrote, you're the only one acting like I was thinking something different. As I said they play a big part but dont forget that consumer waste is still BIGGER and I find that kind of odd considering how much restaurants and cafes throw away everyday. businesses play a BIG part, they're PART of the problem but don't forget you are also a big part of the problem, even more so although not by much than that of businesses. I'm really tired of people always blaming the other man when they're just as much of a problem which is why i wrote my comment.
Bigger problem is the farm that supplies the stores with the food. No matter what that food is going to rot sooner or later or be digested.
“Food waste is the dumbest problem”
My mom: actually it’s my son
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@@matthewcaristo8499 it was a joke...
@@matthewcaristo8499 That's a powerful message. ❤
Her son is the dumbest problem?
@@salt7709 2
Don't bite more than you can chew.
FRISHR This is why I drown in soda
sorry for laughing at 69 likes. I'm such a 12 year old
Don’t bite *off* more than you can chew, and yes.
LOL That should be Copia’s slogan
No dont chew more than you can bite
If the companies made less food there would be less food waste
They throw away everything that is not "perfectly shaped"
They produce more than what people can eat.
And when food is expensive, people value food.
@Diana21692 Wait why? wouldn't 'imperefect' food be cheaper... because it might be blemished or a bit smaller?
Gao Christophe but it would also increase food prices
Some companies do, others sell it in bulk to other people, namely farmers' market vendors.
Part of that practice is consumer-developed. Almost all consumers look for the perfect apple/orange, etc. and pick only those. Then, other fairly good produce gets turfed at days end simply because it won't sell, even though there is nothing wrong with it. Same with non-perishable food that comes in packages. Damaged can or box? Sits on the shelf.
I've tried to commit myself that if I can swing it based on my needs, to buy up products that would otherwise sit on the shelf. A damaged box with food in sealed packages inside or dented can is really a non-issue as long as the food is still fresh/safe and you can open the can. Same with fruit or veg. If I'm using it that night and it's bruised - I don't mind. Expiry date on meat for that evening? Cool.
I challenge everyone to do the same where possible. I also keep my fridge only provisioned for 3-5 days at most. This means I shop more often (as it's not inconvenient for me), but can also take transit home than have to flag a taxi. My food is fresher this way, I can buy more good but not perfect product, and I rarely waste food because of it. Also, in the case of a power outage, I also don't have to worry about wasting hundreds of dollars of frozen and refrigerated goods.
Recently went back to Vietnam to visit family. You'd be surprised. People would look at you crazy if you wasted food, at least where I'm from.
Steven Nguyen That's so true. It's very impolite to throw food away in vietnam!
In India as well. Corporations are the same everywhere, but leftover food in domestic spaces is quite often given to neighbours or the less needy
Nah, you are absolutely wrong. Vietnamese always wastes food, it just never happens inside a family meal. And you Indians never scare of lawsuits, do you?
Lol there's an ancient Chinese poem they teach children about not wasting food bc farmers worked hard for it
curious to why you are generalizing something I'm not sure you are familiar with
People just care about money and they would legit let rats or let it decompose before feeding those who cant afford it and thats a sad reality....
Capitalism makes it so the only people that make it to a position where they have the power to let that happen are those that care about profit above all else (for the most part). 99% of people hate seeing food go to waste; if the choice of what to do with excess food was up to that 99% instead of greedy capitalists, then the amount of wasted food would go down significantly.
@@tlowry6338 This has nothing to do with capitalism; it has to do with being sued. The law is the problem. Large companies (especially grocery stores) used to donate massive amounts of food to food banks until lawsuits started happening (most of which were not credible), and since the government has done nothing to protect those that are trying to do the right thing, the donating has stopped.
@@ThuhOthers that is true, but large stores wouldn't need to donate in the first place if poor and starving were treated with respect and given ownership over their labour. Relying on charity is never gonna work out.
I agree that lawsuits have been a huge part of the problem though
@@tlowry6338 If you want to own your labor, work in a collectively owned company, like winco. This model of business does exist in the United States but it's not viable for every company.
Bruh my mama be ignoring the expiration date, so this ain't a problem.
Same
Good news: Food doesn't have an expiration date. It has a SELL BY date, or a BEST IF USED BY date, but it doesn't actually expire.
@@rogermwilcox IDK, we have an expiration date here in Russia. It's the law to have one.
@@TheManinBlack9054 Meanwhile in my country some types of food (probably mostly the preserved/processed ones) don't legally need to have an expiry date
The expiration date I do pay attention to is milk really cause who doesn’t but the rest it doesn’t matter
In India we are taught from childhood to not throw or leave food . And if we do parents always say many people work hard for this amount of food and you get it with ease so don't waste it. Finish it.
Same but also i've seen when we're at a function such as marriage people fill their plate with lots of food more than what they can eat and throw away the rest, i think its pretty sad cause when i have to throw some food away i feel really embarassed
My parents r indian and if we have any leftovers, it’s gonna be tomorrow’s lunch
But that's also kinda bad, not all people have the same stomach, some people even throw up immediately if they over eat. Everyone is extremely different in every way.
@@AkiraAlexisSoyra maybe they are also taught to not to put food on the plate more than you can eat?
Ironically, in the U.S., when a parent wants their kid to eat all the food on their plate, they say "Eat all your food, there are children starving in India."
Individual people and households do waste a ridiculous amount of food, but the food producers and shops waste an absolutely phenomenally high amount of food. Definitely practice reducing food waste in your own life, but also buy the 'ugly' produce and demand that retailers stop with such crazy food waste too, since they waste more than you'll probably ever even see in your lifetime, in just a short period. There's more than enough food being produced on Earth to make sure nobody ever goes hungry, and tonnes upon tonnes of it is just thrown out before it ever hits the shelves for not meeting aesthetic requirements for retail.
@@margot2239 PLEASE tell me we're all on the same Page when seeing stuff
like Mr.Beast and his Charity: The 'This is not enough, but also dont worry, cause Experts and even Experts who are
genuinly-entertaining do have some Stuff to say here'-Page.
@@nenmaster5218 What do you mean? Mr beast is not doing a good thing? or do you mean imperfect produce is not a good thing?
Dunkin’ Donuts literally throws away all of their unsold donuts instead of donating them to things like homeless shelters
@@wren_. Why do they do that? It's much better to just donate
@@Aethelhadas they claim it’s because they’re worried about the donuts going stale, but if they sealed them in airtight containers that wouldn’t happen. they could keep fresh for up to 5 days at least. unfortunately, donating surplus food costs money from the company somehow, and corporations are literally only motivated by money.
A big part of this food waste problem is how we buy food. In the US and Canada, cities are spread out so you make long drives to these massive grocery stores at the edge of town, and because of that, you tend to stock up for the next week or two weeks. As a result a lot of that food ends up going to waste. It's unsurprising that the US and Canada have the biggest food waste problems which are tied to poor city layout.
Compare this to European or denser US cities where grocery stores are on each corner, and since people drive much less, they often buy food in smaller quantities only for the next day or two. Less food gets wasted this way.
City planning and zoning can play a huge role in reducing food waste. By using less strict zoning, spreading out grocery stores, and making short trips possible, cities can massively reduce food waste.
This wide car-centered form of living was created due to fear of black crime and lobbying by car & gas companies. In China and maybe Vietnam, you have to pay tolls to use vehicles which discourages the use of cars while in the US its done by the government b/c of lobbying encouraging the use of cars.
40% IS THROWN AWAY?!!!! THAT IS INSANE! Do you know how many homeless and starving kids we could help with that?
Even just at my school a lot of kids end up throwing away like half of their food because it tastes like crap
Rattzi Bro Well that's another problem. Some food just tastes like garbage. Schools think a meal as healthy as possible is the best approach, but in reality, the healthier school lunches are, generally the shittier they taste, so much more food is wasted. It's very hard to have healthy and tasty food, I'll while maintaining a budget for the school.
LinusMLGTips my school doesn't serve healthy food and its still discusting, everytime i eat something in my school thats not name brand snacks my stomach hurts.
Rattzi Bro it's sad..
LinusMLGTips nah man even the freaking PIZZA tastes awful, and it is so greasy and rubbery. One more problem is the "healthy"food is so poor quality that it is rotten when it's served.
Rattzi Bro i work at a school and the kids either dont want to get up for food or they grab the food and immediately throw it out
This video should be the most viewed video on RUclips. Very important, spread the word.
Francis Underwood but... no one really cares to much about food waste lol. That's why this problem still exists
Communist
Francis Underwood what?
Francis Underwood yes President
Francis Underwood NO
There needs to be another layer: for the uneaten and spoiled food, we need composting. Put the completed compost back onto our fields so we don't have to use as much chemical fertilizers. Process night soil to make it safe, and then use it as fertilizer too.
We can do so much to re-use and reduce.
Yes, but that means to selectively collect food.
While it can be difficult to achieve în homes, it can be easily done in restaurants or food industry.
@@MrGigi-dz9cv I'm working in a school lunchroom (about 1500 students and staff). And we throw away an unbelievable amount of food in general, but the difference is that people who pay for their food will eat more than half of it, while these private school kids just take two bites and throw away a full plate of food.
Luckily the school separates food waste from trash and recyclables and I can only hope it gets turned into animal feed or compost
Ammonia production to make fertilisers emits tons of greenhouse gases, so this is an extremely good idea
Better than throwing food out but composting should be the last option. Food recovery hierarchy
@@PeppermintTeaPlz You're right. We need to get perfectly good food into hungry mouths.
One of the things I found to have a gigantic impact is making shopping lists and sticking to them. Usually, my dad would do the groceries by memory, but we’d always end up with a good few products at the end of the week that were spoiled. After he got cancer and couldn’t go into public places, me and my mom took that over and we started making lists because we needed the crutch as to not forget anything. Now, we throw out a bit of rapidly aging fruit (think strawberries and the like)… and that’s about it. Maybe the odd bit of meat that went off before its date, but that is not something we have much influence over.
Love this series. Dr. Sanjayan is so engaging, even when presenting such sad realities.
Exacly! I love it too
He always has an approach for an answer
I think that's great
I live in Texas and people here are beyond stupid when it comes to wasting food. If the donuts from that morning are still there in the afternoon, they get thrown away. Didn't like your meal and took two bites out of it? Throw it away. That package of ham expired today? Don't even bother checking if it's still fresh or not just throw it away. I can go on for awhile.
When all else fails I put the food in my compost pile and let the squirrels, raccoons, opossums, cats, birds, insects and any other critter eat what they want. Nothing goes to waste in my house. I'm also a bit of a horder but at least I have the economy and environment in mind.
Bean Dar come on! Common sense did you fall into a trap?
@@touche995 hi
Appreciate that
I love the idea of leaving food for wild animals! Makes me want to build a birdhouse.
I am like those people in Texas
what is even more ridiculous is that grocery stores will toss out fruit and veggies that are still good and will donate food near the expiration date to food bank and they lock up the trash bins so people don't go through them cuz they can't make money off of it. how cruel do you have to be?
ariana kidd They dont want ppl to fall sick by eating garbage.. thats why they lock up the trash
Jagan Joseph no they don't want bums hanging around for a free meal. I worked in a grocery store, homeless people hanging around begging was bad for the stores image and makes customers go elsewhere, that was the reasoning my manager gave me.
Nicole As someone who dumpster dived out of desperation: no one goes while the store is open. We all go at night, when no one is around. Because we don't want to get caught and/or have the cops called on us.
It literally is just greed.
(Also I wasn't homeless when I did it, neither are any of the others I know who do it/have done it. Or that I've met while out.)
Jagan Joseph Lol no. There is perfectly good untouched food in there. It's even all wrapped up in plastic a lot of the time.
Plus dumpster divers avoid perishables.
A friend and I once scored 28 packs of ramen and 16 packs of cookies. They were still in their cling wrap from the skid!
Kye Talks I re-read what I wrote, it did sound dickish of me, I'm just so angry about the whole situation and how my manager acted about it. I actually have been homeless before so I wasn't looking down on anyone and we used to dumpster dive when I was a kid at this like hostess cakes store. Lol we used to have all the snacks.
"when we could feed a starving world, with what we throw away
but all we serve are empty words, that always taste the same" - Nickelback
Just to let you know.....i hate companies that throw food instead of just letting employees and the homeless have it. Heartless bastards
This, sometime i just hide them or smuggle it just to give homeless people
FarhanAxiq Good. We need more people like you
the problem is it costs less to throw it out than to give it away
In some places its actually illegal to give food to the poor
well you can't blame them, when it cost to package and send wasted food. In the end they just lose money.
"Food waste is the world's dumbest problem"
- Vox
And that's a fact
Bruh watch the video before commenting
@@CubeWorksProjet bruh read the comment before replying
Zombie Man
They’re not wrong. Why do we throw away so much money (and food) in developed countries while people in underdeveloped countries starve?
@@coyotelong4349 Cheaper to throw it away, I think more money would be wasted transporting the food
Kyle Sekenski even in developed countries like that US have people starving
Here are some tips to reduce food waste:
-go grocery shopping on a full stomach. If you go being hungry you'll feel inclined to buy more food (which you probably don't need)
-if you live with roommates, buy some things collectively (bread, ketchup, cereal) that you know are at risk of going bad if each buys their own
-if you're gonna buy a food item you haven't tried before, buy only a little in case you don't like it
-don't throw wasted food directly in the trash can, instead throw it in an airtight see-through container. This will help you be conscious about what you throw away
-use small plates and small cups. You can always refill them but it will be hard to grab more food than you can finish.
Food-Waste was amazingly covered by Second Thought in his video named 'Is Cpaitalism Actually Efficient??'. We can all do Something aainst this; some things probably come to mind; but i wanna add: Even outside of Rallys, important people often do answer Questions from 'normal Dudes', so isnt that an Opportunity for Much?!
For people that can maybe they should set up a bin on the edge of their property labeled "food for homeless people that may or may not be still good" and throw all their food waste there
Vox: Talks about world food problem.
Also vox: Shows only America.
Only america good mentality and which we all know how good they use their guns
I mean, the problem is most prevalent in Western countries, and the USA happens to be the biggest
@Kaleb Kurian “They eat the most so they waste the most”
????
Vox is gonna Vox
i've also noticed that when you get a big plate and don't fill it, people will be like "that's all you're eating?" even when it's a good amount already
and then when there's free food laying out, there's usually a hesitation to go grab it, like everyone is waiting for the first group to go and then follow like "oh it's ok to eat this."
i guess that's cause of trying not to look "fat" or whatever and also bc of social instincts just to follow, but it's dumb and a lot is wasted just cause of that. idk how to explain it but hopefully that got across well.
Excellent points.
Yeah some are ashamed that they're eating like pig so they just fill their big plates rather than to go back but turn out they couldn't finish it.
@@whitepouch0904 😥
That’s my family at an all you can eat...
Capitalism caused this while millions are homeless and starving
There is no profit in giving food away, that's why
Money comes first, the environment is second to greedy capitalists
Being from middle east and living in the US, I have had another observation: In developed countries, the production process is more efficient with less waste, but consumers waste a lot, simply because their money can afford this!
In developing or under-developed countries, many consumers cannot afford wasting food and the level of wasting it is way lower, but on the other side, the production process is less efficient and more wasteful.
Especially in the Western World, we see food wastage as exclusively our problem, so you’re insight is especially interesting, because most of us haven’t even fully considered the efficiency of production and how it affects food wastage (I’m a Brit btw)
I got a tiny fridge and there's still no food in it. the real trick is being too poor to have food lol
Check out your local food banks!
Get a suuper tiny fridge put a strawberry in it now you have alot food
4:43 Exactly why I’m glad my Dad raised us to eat out of bowls. I know it sounds ridiculous to eat virtually everything out of there but it automatically portions everything you eat to a certain amount.
Food-Waste was amazingly covered by Second Thought in his video named 'Is Cpaitalism Actually Efficient??'. We can all do Something aainst this; some things probably come to mind; but i wanna add: Even outside of Rallys, important people often do answer Questions from 'normal Dudes', so isnt that an Opportunity for Much?!
Grocery stores throw out food because it can't make profit.
Chris Chung well it should give the food to someone like i know chipotle gets rid of all their rice and meat and just throws it all away
Chris Chung actually it's because of the best by date there is only a certain time they want on shelfs to reduce lawsuits and stuff but that's not even the main source. The processing from farm to retail is because of how food looks.
triigga s there needs to be a band of people collecting this food from the dumpsters and give it to me.
+kamboj sb: the "lawsuit" thing is bogus. They can donate food past expiration date. It gets selected properly by the people who sort through the donations.
I don't think that's really at the farmers end, more like distributer. Farmers want to make as much profit as possible from their product, throwing it out isn't how to do that. A lot of food that gets rejected in industry actually often finds its way back into farming, for feed and such. When I was doing a course on agriculture, the pigs at the college were actually being fed partly on waste chocolate.
For example, in Brazil, where I live, there's a law that PROHIBITED food donation. Why? Because the ones who receive the food, if they get sick by food poisoning, they can sue the donators. So big companies prefer to throw away tons of perfect good food to dont have the possibility to get sued. And that's just one more example of absurdities bad politics can do.
Food donation=drug donation. That's why
Thomaz Silva Wellausen If only it were as simple as your mind
same in hong kong. supermarkets throw away food that are still edible and pour bleach over them to prevent homeless people from picking them
in the US people think they could get sued but they can't, they are legally protected if they donate in good faith
+raccwong Here in estonia they just smash and mix all the food together. And lock the dumpsters.
I worked next door to a donut shop once,at the end of the day they would fill garbage bags full of donuts and throw them in the dumpster. We're talking hundreds of donuts on especially quiet days.
Obviously donuts are not great for you, but I always thought that seemed like the stupidest thing you could possibly do to get rid of perfectly good food.
elephantasmic I took them at the end and brought them to my dealer. He'd give me 2 grams a day, he was the dealer with 30 donuts a day. People flocked to him, I got blazed For free for a year.
Kevin Mungus And he got glazed
elephantasmic Same at Papa John's with the dough they don't use.
elephantasmic Did you take some?
Those employees were doing it wrong. I worked at Dunkin Donuts and I too was told to throw all the donuts and muffins out. But I would stop off at my car on the way to the dumpster to grab this or that and completely forget muffins and donuts in my car all the time. But yeah, honestly I threw the majority of it away except for the blue berry muffins which I loved. My manager threatened to fire people who tried to take anything home or eat anything that was suppose to be thrown out. I didn't give much of a damn and I worked alone during the overnight so I brought home tons of baked goods.
“No one like throwing up food”
Yess.. there’re some food producers who love to see you doing that, so you can buy more
Reminded me of old times when I worked as a waiter and at the end of each shift we had to through away all the leftover food. Some delicious and also expensive desserts went straight to trashbag. So behind single consumers and those, who order food for some events, there is also a whole industry to change.
Food-Waste was amazingly covered by Second Thought in his video named 'Is Cpaitalism Actually Efficient??'. We can all do Something aainst this; some things probably come to mind; but i wanna add: Even outside of Rallys, important people often do answer Questions from 'normal Dudes', so isnt that an Opportunity for Much?!
This is a big problem of the western world. Here in India, homes contribute to a very small portion of the total food waste. If we think that the food is not good for human consumption, we feed it to stray animals and the animals are more than happy and it doesn't even affect their health.
Food wastage is discouraged by our culture and we are happy that it isn't too big of an issue atleast here.
Deepanshu Sharma statistically India wastes a lot of its food...40 % of food produced is wasted...n home food is not the issue. foods from marriages n events.. supermarkets n retailers... restaurants n hotels.. that's where the majority lies
Poulomi Sandeep I agree with you but thats why I said homes make a very small portion of the total food waste, the catering industry is the main culprit here unlike the western countries where people buy food but don't consume it.
Deepanshu Sharma
Feeding animals is one of better ways.
but claiming that in our culture we r tought to not waste food is a over statement.
We alone waste so many litres of milk on idols.
So in practice we do not follow it.
Rest I think we r no better than other countries we have a poor waste disposal system and infrastructure.
Deepanshu Sharma you stated in your original comment 'this is a big problem in the western world', food wastage is discouraged in our culture', ' it is not big an issue here's which is why my comment...
I agreed
Copia should get in touch with Uber. They could use their carpool or food delivery service to pick up food and drop it off along routes it is already taking. It would save Copia time and energy, while increasing food delivery. Pitch it to Uber as a strong PR move; believe me, with all the bad press they're getting, they'll take it immediately! If not go to Lyft, etc.
Amin Gulamali as an uber rider, I won't appreciate it in the main portion of the app, maybe include it as a separate option
Bright idea.
It's called Postmates.
Amin Gulamali UberEats
how would you deal with refrigeration? Like mentioned in the video the main variable here is shelf life! That is why they use industrial refrigeration trucks.
Wasting food is considered a sin in my country.
I used to work in airline catering, and there is a lot of wasted food, water, and disposable utensils. They try to reuse some unopened products, but still much of it goes to waste. The recyclables that the stewards/stewardesses collect in these bags end-up going in the trash as well. I wish there was something that can be done about that.
you should sell it on mercari
Corey Lai
What if they hire certain individuals who would collect those and give it to homeless people
If everyone have an asian parents, then problem solved :D
Long live the dabba. Lol
True
Or mexican
That's racist
Đức Nguyễn or hispanic
this is a smart way of dealing with this problem which has grown gigantic over the decades.
I think parents and teachers should encourage children not to waste food, or any resources, from a very early age.
that would make the world a better place.
Suryodoy Mandal most of this food is thrown away before even reaching the consumer. It's more so capitalism to blame this time.
Yea maybe its best people with an agenda stay away from our kids
So if someones agenda were to get others not to kill eachother, we need to keep them away from our kids?
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!
Most places have made dumpster diving a crime too. A great deal of "expired" food isn't actually expired!
Lesson is, buy the things that you need.
crossfire That's never going to happen.
That's easier said than done.
just dont buy food just sit next to a cefeteria or fast food place trash can and ask the people for the food they would have trown save money buy video games did trought my college years
Begging for food scraps so you could buy video games doesn't train you to budget your money wisely.
saving money by getting to spend it on the really important tings in life is how you budget your money wisely.ohalso dumbster dive there is soomuch food there amoung other nice stuff. we need to save the planet.
The same can be said about the Clothing industry. So Much goes into manufacturing of clothes and yet so many go to waste thereby damaging the environment when there are millions of people around the world that could do with decent clothing and not to mention the issues such as child labor that goes on.
Same thing with toys, books, electronics, furniture, etc. It all comes down to overconsumption and the fact that our (speaking as an American) lifestyle is not sustainable.
I wish there was a way to send a portion of all that wasted food to the good people of Venezuela. They are literally starving to death. :(
Charity starts at home.
All thanks to Maduro's policies that killed off the local producers in favor of foreign imports.
It's depressing working at McDonalds for a variety of reasons, but the wastage of food is just appalling
I love this video. We can together make a difference.
Indeed. I am dedicated to wasting at least 75 percent of my food. I used to waste 76 percent.
Koo
Human together strong 💪
@@growingmelancholy8374 That really isn't funny man, dunno how anyone finds that light.
@@manswind3417 Don't worry, you are loved.
Perfect! Now to address the other big source of food waste: the stuff that never gets sold due to cosmetic package damage or bruised/discolored produce. So much food gets thrown away at stores because they don't sell it.
We had a store in my hometown that worked with local grocery stores, they took "unwanted" food items that were still perfectly edible instead of having the stores throw them out, and sold them at reduced prices. How can we make these kinds of stores more common?
KFC throw away ALL fried chicken that hasn't been sold, after 30mins of being cooked. Which results in each UK KFC branch throwing away three tonnes of chicken a year. It's not just a problem on an individual level. But it's also a huge issue with companies throwing away food. A good way to fix the problem of hunger and food waste, is to push a Law similar to what France has which is to make it illegal for supermarket to throw away food. But to also make sure food chains don't do the same.
I always emphasize just how important it is to have an functional organization system on your fridge so that food doesn't get wasted!
As a javanese (one of the tribes in Indonesia), our parents used to tell a myth/old saying when we were a child back then :
"Kalau kamu membuang nasi, maka nasi itu akan menangis" which simply means that
"If you throw away the rice, that rice will cry". So yeah, since we're a child we're taught not to dispose/throw away our food. We have to eat it all n be more responsible to our own food.
Therefore guys, as we know we have this dumbest problem *please dont bite off more than u can chew* :)
I always literally eat every grain of rice in my plate kwkwk
@@daniellxnder & almost everyone surprised that i eat the meal until the plate was clean
tribes???
most vox videos:
here is a problem ->
reasons why problem is dumb ->
easy way to solve problem ->
why problem isn't solved (usually it is corporate greed)
Kevin Shah i think it's good that they make those videos. Most problems are not thought about enough
proudblackjynx lol what do you expect? vox is not a "youtube company" they are believe or not news media company and they are just doing their job which is to deliver news and info to the public
proudblackjynx no, these problems are most certainly not thought through enough in the general population. Yes, elegant solutions have been thought up by a few people, but unless the thinking is spread around, there is not enough of it.
The solution is very clear... Comrade.
Also Vox:
Here is a problem>
All contributing factors to problem mentioned but glossed over>
Overly simple solution proposed that ignores all the previous information>
"People suck" title and tone
In particular in this video, " I get it we're all busy". In that one statement you can launch into an entire discussion of how over worked we are, how difficult it is to find time due to city/suburban planning, how supermarkets being so much of a trip encourages overbuying, and how deceptive food sale practices all encourage wasteful behaviour.
I used to work at the dining commons at UCSB.
I remember at the end of dinner they forced us to throw away whole chickens. Whole cooked chickens.
When asked why we couldn't donate, the answer I got was that if you donate food to people and someone gets sick from it, they could sue.
So a ton of whole cooked chickens went into the dumpster
What?!
That's so sad
ppl overlook the fact that the real problem is not getting sued, it's risking the health of people who gets donated the food
Thanks for the great video, our team GEME is dedicated to solve this by provide the world best products.
The points in this video are all valid but anyone who's worked in any food realised business has realised all this already long long ago, but would the managerial hierarchy listen to us worker bees? You must be kidding! It annoys me that it takes people of a certain level in society to point out stuff like and be listened too and make the change when ordinary people have who've worked in these places and pointed it out get ignored.
Well the higher your level, the more attention you get, the more trusted you are, and the more responsibility you have. You dont have to be an ordinary worker bee. Become someone people will listen to
Lol your comment actually motivated me
@@justabout6979 Being an ordinary worker, and being someone that people will listen to, are generally mutually exclusive. In fields like fast food, service, and catering, decision makers in upper management/ownership will not really put any weight on the feedback of those on the frontline, and will often implement policies that they disagree with, and/or hinder their ability to do their jobs even.
@@quentin9628 you misunderstood me, I said Not to be an ordinary worker if you need to be listened to. Put in as much effort as it takes to get the managerial position(or the next step up from your job). I never said ordinary workers weren't mutually exclusive than those who get the respect, credibility, and influence.
@@justabout6979 right, my mistake.
Still, a lot of the time it's who you know, not what you know that counts for getting promoted.
Vox is one of the best RUclips channels, with a lot of high quality videos, well produced and with incredible contents. Thanks...
I would like to see one about micro plastics in nature...
We kill all those animals just to throw in the trash. Go humans!
Buying food profits the government, and money in this world is success. They don't care if you eat it or not.
puddin' that doesn't mean make it okay to kill animals and as a further slap in the face, throw away their corpses without eating them.
>we kill all those animals. Go humans!
Nothing more needed
I admit, it is one of my mental hangups. I eat meat once or twice a week, but I make sure to eat all of the meat because I feel like it is rude to the animal to waste any of its contribution.
puddin' do you see any one that eats meat giving you a hard time because you're vegetarian? No. then stop giving meat eaters hard time because we eat meat.
And food wasting is a problem of the rich. humans are naturally like that, if they have a good life they don't care with their wastes. On the other hand, if you're struggling to get things in life, you're value them more.
Copia, I am truly inspired. My country Myanmar (Burma) just went under military coup in Feb, 21 and many people are in great need of help. I will try to build a startup to extract the excess and donate where needed, that's what I think I can do to help my poor nation with extremely rich generals. Please wish me luck, I will try my best!
Today I couldn't eat a meal in morning because I can't use money from my college tuition it's surprising for me how people waste food in other countries 😞
Supply and demand aye.
after i got a beagle my food wastes went down 90%
Yeah! You can always feed your dog the table scraps. Any unfinished food with meat in it gets fed to my border collie. His favorite is baked spaghetti bolognese with cheese :)
same! my beagle is the best vacuum too ;)
I read bagel and I was really confused for a second.
My beagle eats fruits, vegetables, and pretty much anything, really.
From a hot dog to a bursting sausage.
"Damn did I get hungry watching this!" pauses and gets to the fridge. Nothing in there. "this problem truly doesn't concern me" :3
Daniel Reinhardt But is it empty because you threw away all the food that had gone bad
Now That's sad
My Moms house, they throw out so much food it upsets me. They hoard food and it just rots in the fridge. They had Two fridges and two freezers for 3 people.
this is good information but very superficial...most food is wasted by corporations and supermarkets and in the production chain because people want good looking vegetables!
There is a stat very early on that says end consumers are actually the largest wasters, though the others as you mentioned aren't far behind.
2:57
Just trying to justify for your own food waste huh. Keep an eye out the next time you go out. Take pics of before and after plates.
I worked in an office where they held lunch/dinner meetings. One of my jobs was to clear out these rooms. Often there was untouched, fresh food left over. Our instructions were to throw it out, but I, and my co-workers would eat it.
As far I've seen and known, companies and local business would rather throw away or dispose of leftover or close to expiratiring food, due to any legal action taken against them if someone claims to have gotten sick from their generosity.
BTW you can't sue people for food poisoning or whatever for donated food, thats completely made up.
I work at a supermarket and the problem with giving out food is lawsuits
This Copia food sharing website is really similar to the needs and supplies information sharing needed in disaster recovery, response, volunteerism, etc. Maybe they could think about developing their site for disasters too! :D
Something I noticed is that in Mexico, there isn't as much food waste, because people can't afford to waste a lot of food. You are raised in a way that teaches you not to waste anything because you should repurpose as much as you can. Even if you are very well off, it's just the way of thinking that everything has to be used to its fullest, and food waste just feels wrong.
My fridge actually takes me hostage because it always makes me think "how am I going to eat it all before it spoils".
I want this series to come back!
Asian parents make sure you eat every single rice on the *plate*
If you don't, that slipper with aimbot is coming to hit you
True, I'm glad my parents taught me that.
If you tell them about the sunk cost fallacy, they’ll stop.
This Climate Lab series is killing it
Anyone else into distributed agricultural systems? let's grow more of our own food!
Ben Percifield unfortunately, in our modern society growing our own food is very inefficient.
Phat Kid with an hydroponic system
or something similar ( aeroponics )
Yes!
Ben Percifield What if a major drought or flood happens and ruins the crops, then what?
I feel like so much good would come to the world, if videos like this were the first suggestion on youtube.
Why did I expect
“If food waste was a country..”
'USA, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru,
Republic dominican, Cuba, Caribbean, greenland, and food waste too'
@@Kazavop Why did i sing your comment?
@@randomperson1714 because you wanted to
And here I am in dire search of any food in my house 😐
In India.. We were disciplined to finish all the food in the plate since childhood.Thats respect for the food..and the efforts people put in for it to be served on your plate.
Ancestors were wise people indeed.
Idc I love wasting food
It makes u unhealthier tho since it encourages unhealthy eating habits
T series supporters ewww
@@alphabetsoup8985 🤦
@@alphabetsoup8985 Not all of us care about T-Series.
I didn’t realize how much food gets wasted until I got a job at a kitchen in a supermarket. They have a hot bar where people can take what they like and by the end of the whatever doesn’t get taken gets dumped. Typically 3-4 buckets full (100+ pounds) of food gets tossed every single day. It always bothered me.
This is actually incredibly easy to fix: I only buy food once my refrigerator, freezer and shelves are completely empty. Done, it is that simple.
best video title I've ever seen
“Food for Thought Podcast” has a great episode on Food Waste 😃
I would love to hear it! Do you mind if I could have the link?
As a dishwasher at a large restaurant i am disgusted by how many people leave large portions of food to be thrown away
What are we waiting this was like 2 YEARS ago and almost NOTHING CHANGED
"Be the change you want to see in the world," a wise person once said.
It would be nice if there was a community for world/self improvement stuff like this though. Do you know any communities like that? 🤔 I feel inspired but lazy, so there's that.... it'd be easier to push each other for change in a community so yeh.
Humanity is doomed, and that is the only idea comforting me right now. WHY? GO FIGURE
"It's the hunger games" 😂😂😂
Thanks VOX for telling me things I didn't know I needed.
7:40 "where to buy fidget spinner"
David Zimmerhanzel seems legit.
David Zimmerhanzel
I’m
*Oh god*
This video: Portions of food should be decent size!
Grandmas and Parents: *Fills a 5 meter plate with spaghetti* Is this decent?
Yep food and America is the most fattest country is that where the food comes from with the over size cups.
Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?
I wish all that food would go to the settlements that need our help
I am from Germany and I use an app called “to good to go” I really love the idea behind it.