food waste reduction
Cutting edible discards
Food waste reduction refers to efforts to decrease the amount of edible food that gets discarded rather than consumed.
This includes practices at every stage—from farms and manufacturers to restaurants and households.
Strategies range from better inventory management and composting programs to "ugly produce" sales and food donation networks.
The city launched a food waste reduction campaign targeting restaurants and grocery stores.
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- spoilageFood degradation process
- expirationEnd of validity
sell by date · freezer · preservation · meal planning · meal prep · portions · nose to tail · doggy bag · wilted · moldy · peels · bins · landfill · methane · donate · community fridge · second harvest · overripe
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Purchasing in excess
overconsumption · overproduction · planned obsolescence · impulse buying
food waste reductionwastefulness
Careless use of resources
profligacy · extravagance · gluttony · conspicuous consumption
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