Cutting Down On Food Waste: 12 Simple Tips For Every Kitchen
People can drastically cut down on food waste, save money, and contribute to environmental protection by making simple adjustments to their cooking, shopping, and eating routines.
Aug 22, 2024, 17:17 PM IST
DNA: The 'epidemic' of 'food wastage' is more dangerous than Corona
Every year about 7 thousand crore kg of food is wasted in the families of India. This happens in a country where 19 crore people are forced to sleep hungry. For this, the government has now decided that children will be taught lessons in schools to prevent the wastage of food.
Dec 23, 2022, 22:48 PM IST
Research: "Words" matter in messages about food safety and freshness
The words "use" or "use by" seemed to speak more directly to the perceived food safety consequences of consuming food after the date indicated on the box, which could consequently increase food waste, according to research by Rickard and his colleagues.
Nov 05, 2022, 20:18 PM IST
DNA: Why is bad habit of wasting food not ending?
Two days from now, on 29th September, the whole world will celebrate International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. On this day, people will be made aware to stop the wastage of food and drink and this awareness campaign has been going for the past 3 years. But alas, people have a bad habit of leaving food on their plate and this habit is not ending anytime soon.
Sep 27, 2022, 23:24 PM IST
Nearly 40% of food in US goes waste: Study
Huge quantities of nutritious foods end up in landfills instead of meeting Americans' dietary needs," said lead author Marie Spiker, from the Johns Hopkins University in the US.
May 15, 2017, 17:11 PM IST
Food wastage: Modi govt may soon fix portions served to you in restaurants, hotels
In last month's monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed concern about food being wasted.
Apr 11, 2017, 15:02 PM IST
Coming soon – Tires made from eggshells, tomato peels
In tests, rubber made with the new fillers exceeds industrial standards for performance, which may ultimately open up new applications for rubber.
Mar 07, 2017, 13:27 PM IST
'Food waste may store solar, wind energy'
Some scientists have been exploring sugar alcohols as a possible material for making thermal storage work, but this direction has some limitations.
Sep 15, 2016, 15:50 PM IST
Americans' habit of throwing half of food produce deepens poverty, creates havoc on environment
This practice, which is usually supported by furnishing reasons such as “cult of perfection”, poverty and hunger in fact inflicts a hefty toll on the environment.
Jul 13, 2016, 15:25 PM IST
Longer the school lunch periods, more the healthy eating
A recent study has linked short lunch periods in schools to less healthy eating among kids.
Sep 12, 2015, 10:22 AM IST
Gulf countries among world's top generators of food waste
Most GCC countries face a dearth in arable land and fresh water sources thus, depend heavily upon imported food staples to meet domestic food demand.
Jul 17, 2014, 13:19 PM IST
