It is a time when every nation is focusing on saving its food resources and every household is seeking to cut down its family budget. Still, there are many of us who keep wasting precious food items at home. With rising costs of living, why are we still so wasteful? There are various reasons people cite regarding food wastage at homes.
According to an estimate by Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK, around 50% of the food produced across the globe never reaches a human stomach and ends up in waste bins. This kind of wastage is massive and unethical, considering the fact that millions of people in several countries end up sleeping without food and their children are severely malnourished. Now the question arises why do we waste so much food?