Household waste is “ignorance,"people don't realise that they waste food and also not the magnitude thereof.
“However, every person has a role to play and should act to reduce the food waste that is within their control. Meeting the SDG target to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030 requires concerted, collaborative effort by all. Reducing food waste will make positive contributions to reducing hunger,” Oelofse said.on the scale and impact of food waste. She said one of the driving factors of household waste was ignorance.
Although developed countries have larger quantities of food waste, the Unep report aims to debunk the myth that food waste is a “rich country” problem. “Over and above understanding date markings, buying local, embracing all types of fruits and vegetables, including those with cosmetic issues usually called ugly fruits/veggies, ensuring food is stored safely at required temperatures ,” Setati said.
“And as many as 14 million people in SA go to bed hungry every night. What is particularly worrying about this situation is that an estimated 10.3 million tonnes of food are wasted per year in SA , Setati said.“Food waste is a global tragedy. Millions will go hungry today as food is wasted across the world,” Unep’s executive director, Inger Andersen, said.