Its not us its them…their fundamental right to waste?

Pets in America receive more nutrition that a sixth of human kind. In India one out of four people don’t get enough to eat whereas in America two out of three individuals are overweight. So says an article in the Indian express by paranjoy guha thakurta

A recent report by Stockholm international water institute the food and agricultural management institute estimates that in the US as much as 30 percent of the food prepared worth more than 48 .3 billion is thrown away each year….!!!! The report adds that wasted food implies wasted water, that’s enough water to meet the household needs of 500 million people…..!!

Even as thousands of millions go hungry across the planet many overeat. The report points out that …we are providing food to take care of not only our necessary food consumption but also our wasteful habits…!!

We are fast catching up with the west with our wasteful habits too although there are chikkanam chinnusamys who keep a check with the waste. While our thoughts are on economics and perhaps when we have more than enough ….some already have with their high income from MNCs…..we shall also waste and let the world go to waste or to war on food and fuel….!!

Bangalore tiger a book by steve hamm (how Indian tech upstart wipro is rewriting the rules of global competition) about wastage in wipro has this to say.
In 2001 the company did a detailed analysis of food waste in cafeterias. The tally 8.5 gms of waste per person per day. That seemed excessive so it began sensitizing employees by setting up a procedure for them to scrape their leftovers into bins when they finished their meal. The company measured waste weekly and published updates. ``when you publish the numbers you make people conscious maybe tomorrow they wont take such a big helping ‘’ says hedge.

The tactic worked and the tally came down to 4.5 gms
A lot is said about their water recycling rainwater harvesting water management too…

Two different bits from articles wide ….wide apart. Suggest we sit up and take notice of what we waste too lest we end up in the middle of water or waste or food wars. Or if we don’t end up and are lucky enough our children might be at the receiving end or grand children as in India we still have a little bit of awareness left.
All the same as it is elsewhere it is not your fundamental right to waste….!! Take a smaller helping of food next time rather than throw something out in the dustbin and perhaps in the long run we may save a few going hungry elsewhere…where three idli/dosa can do why go for five?

sathya

sure i think all of us do have this habit sometime to glutton and then hold the tummy oh god how can i waste these but as you know i never take more than i need and keep myself just with the first serving that too a lot of veg and no rice much but yes this is a thought provoking one for some members who consider the next plate a bin and dump it with a please, and i think you know who that is in our house i am not mentioning here..good article, spreading awareness on this subject...akka

hello akka

atleast you did reply...
even if we waste
accept it we wont..
for waste it is to accept
that we waste too....

i knew i'd get just a reply
or zero replies...
but the urge to spread the news
and atleast cut down a bit
and waste less
took over...

am i wasting my breath too?

sathya

Sathya,
Nice one to bring awareness in waste products....

You are not wasting your breath here...sure if anybody reads this article sure will turn back and see what he/she can do to prevent the waste...siru thuli peru vellam...atleast why can't we try to waste to the minimal...so that people in need gets it...
Good thought provoking article...

sriniketan

Nice thread Sathya !!

Hopefully we bring all the sutff to practice... May be one day !!

Originally Posted by Sriniketan

Sathya,
Nice one to bring awareness in waste products....

You are not wasting your breath here...sure if anybody reads this article sure will turn back and see what he/she can do to prevent the waste...siru thuli peru vellam...atleast why can't we try to waste to the minimal...so that people in need gets it...
Good thought provoking article...

sriniketan

hello srinik

haha
so you are wasting your breath too...!!
waste minimum...
thats easier said than done...
let somebody else do it first...!!!!
is the motto..

sathya

Originally Posted by Nandshyam

Nice thread Sathya !!

Hopefully we bring all the sutff to practice... May be one day !!

hello nandu

maybe one day
but it may be too late?????

but im sure
we should give it a thought
and try...

sathya

Hullo
By coincidence i read this during world environmant day time. Very true , we dont give thought to what all wasteful things we do. We must keep eyes open always and try to save, reuse, recycle. And must teach kids too.
Nice article.

hello swarna

world environment day
ahaha
thats just one more day
waste or no waste
thanks for peeping in

sathya

Hi Satya,

Good topic on waste management. Let us not restrict to just over loading or under loading our plates...but over years of practice we should also be able to make the right quantity of food on daily basis...when we have guests its an exception.

At my place the sad part is my maid...she works at 3 places...but most of the time we keep aside food for her and she forgets to take it and by the time we realise...it has gone stale or not worth keeping for another 24 hrs. She is always short of money...but no seriousness about taking things with her that we keep aside and it isin't that we give her stale food...its fresh food that we have made that day.

They also waste a lot of water while doing the utensils and clothes.