Don’t let your happy moments be meagre to others

The wedding season is going on now in India and all we can see are happy faces all around. People collect and spend money ‘for’ and ‘on’ this moment respectively. Two souls come together, two families come together and love is abundant in the air. We could see everything that one thing we never tried paying attention to, the food that goes waste. More is spent on the food, so special attention is given to that, but ignoring the wastage caused.

According to research, 40% of food prepared at a wedding is wasted. Around 10 million weddings a year contribute to the wastage of food. The wastage is worth the US $14 million in losses. In India starvation is the major reason for death. Every year around millions of people dies due to hunger in the world.

More than 7000 people die daily due to hunger in India and a year, 25 lakhs people starve to death.

Therefore wasting around 40% of food at the wedding is huge, when that 40% could at least fill the empty stomach of many hungry people.

☆  Reducing wastage of food at weddings 

• Responsibilities one needs to take on
  • Caterer selection

Selecting Caterer is one of the important tasks. From hundreds of caterers, you have to choose the best one. We consider all points while selecting one like, quality food, hygiene, and cost, but they manage the waste food should also be taken into consideration.

• Making guests aware of their responsibilities

Pointing out the guest and asking them to not waste food might seem to be disrespectful. Therefore, they should be made aware through creative means like printing slogans on tissue paper, etc.

• Choose the menu wisely 

Prepare food according to the guests. It’s they who going to have it so keep items according to their preference.

• Number of guests 

One should know how many guests are invited and prepare food accordingly so that the food doesn’t go to waste.

• Our responsibilities as a guest
  • Keep an eye

Always keep an eye on what’s serving next to you so that if you don’t prefer eating that you can say no before it is served.

• Take less

There is some amount of soda added to the food. Therefore, it is better to take less as your stomach tends to feel full and lead to wastage. If needed you can ask for more.

• Teach others

Influence others to not waste food, from your family or friends and then they might Influence their family and friends, which will help to reduce wastage in some amount.

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Updated by Shraddha Nagwekar