If there has been made wrong size portion, wrong count for the portions or, whatever, wrong something , and costumer doesn't want to eat it, where do you think it goes? Yes, to the trash bin, Because french fries can be called as a fresh approximately 7 minutes. These food trash bins, ofcourse, in Latvia has been closed/ locked, so that they are not available for homeless people or anybody else. One rule for everyone - if I don't need this food, nobody needs it. You can just try to count in everyday life, how many unutilized food from all the cafeterias has been thrown away and locked into the bin. Never mind - it is not story just about cafeterias, the same destiny finds food in supermarkets - if the best eaten date is passed. No one ever gets this wasted food. Yes, even those, who does not have a dinner that evening, because, rules are the rules.
My question number one:
Why can't we (Latvia, government, latvians) make the food use more efficient?
or
call it different - "Let's do something with leftovers!"
We could make the food "leftover" charity as a legal and very useful activity. In Denmark, Germany and other countries shops and supermarkets has a special box, where they can put the "last date" products, and everyone, who is interested, can take them.
First of all - it is just respectful towards the people who has worked hard to make this food, it shows respect to our planet and land, it's ethical regarding to the more than one milliard people in the world who suffers of poverty and lack of food.
Once I read the article in The Guardian, which was about man in USA, who decided to open the "Last date food" company by taking the leftovers from the supermarkets every day and then drive them to the poor families, which accepted that. Our hero get paid from the supermarkets and restaurants for that he is releasing them from the old food problems (They would have to destroy it anyway).
Probably, you think right now: "I am not going to eat old food, which nobody else eats!"
So there comes my second question:
Why we are so sterile regarding to the production "last eating date"?
I have to take US as an example again. They have promoted food outlets, called salvage grocery store. Store, where the ones old food is others bread and butter. In these food outlets people can buy products, which has past their eaten dates, however, this food is sometimes 3 times cheaper than the "fresh" one.
Salvage grocery shop shows the absurd of food reality - cookies who had their last eating date 2 weeks ago, still looks and tastes the same - as a cookies, we don't have to immediately sent them to the trash bin!
Already in 2011. European Parliament agreed that there is a lack of understanding in public about "best before" meaning. EP was also interested to promote educational activities about sustainable food consumption, as it would develop clearer perception of the food value. It should be taught in early age to encourage and take concrete steps to prevent wastage of food in school cafeterias, as well as public administration, public and private enterprises and the cafeterias.
After 2 years there has not been made any differences in Latvia regarding to the "last date food" consumption habits - it is still under closed cover in trash bins - not utilized before and not after.
Why can't we (Latvia, government, latvians) make the food use more efficient?
or
call it different - "Let's do something with leftovers!"
We could make the food "leftover" charity as a legal and very useful activity. In Denmark, Germany and other countries shops and supermarkets has a special box, where they can put the "last date" products, and everyone, who is interested, can take them.
First of all - it is just respectful towards the people who has worked hard to make this food, it shows respect to our planet and land, it's ethical regarding to the more than one milliard people in the world who suffers of poverty and lack of food.
Once I read the article in The Guardian, which was about man in USA, who decided to open the "Last date food" company by taking the leftovers from the supermarkets every day and then drive them to the poor families, which accepted that. Our hero get paid from the supermarkets and restaurants for that he is releasing them from the old food problems (They would have to destroy it anyway).
Probably, you think right now: "I am not going to eat old food, which nobody else eats!"
So there comes my second question:
Why we are so sterile regarding to the production "last eating date"?
I have to take US as an example again. They have promoted food outlets, called salvage grocery store. Store, where the ones old food is others bread and butter. In these food outlets people can buy products, which has past their eaten dates, however, this food is sometimes 3 times cheaper than the "fresh" one.
Salvage grocery shop shows the absurd of food reality - cookies who had their last eating date 2 weeks ago, still looks and tastes the same - as a cookies, we don't have to immediately sent them to the trash bin!
Already in 2011. European Parliament agreed that there is a lack of understanding in public about "best before" meaning. EP was also interested to promote educational activities about sustainable food consumption, as it would develop clearer perception of the food value. It should be taught in early age to encourage and take concrete steps to prevent wastage of food in school cafeterias, as well as public administration, public and private enterprises and the cafeterias.
After 2 years there has not been made any differences in Latvia regarding to the "last date food" consumption habits - it is still under closed cover in trash bins - not utilized before and not after.
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