How do college students view the phenomenon of food waste in canteens?

Looking into the waste phenomenon in the canteen

Students almost eat three meals a day in the canteen, which also made me see the shocking waste phenomenon. Ever since elementary school, I have memorized, "It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard work." But whenever I was wasting food, these things seemed to be forgotten.

We saw that many students threw half-eaten meals on the table, and some even only ate a little. Then the waiter picked them up and threw them into the bucket. Finally, these leftovers were thrown away together with some other messy things. It was really a big deal that the things that the farmers had worked hard to exchange for with their sweat ended up like this. Waste, don't forget that there are still many people in the country struggling to die due to hunger.

The reason for such waste may not be just the students’ lack of awareness of thrift. Some students will say that the food cooked in the cafeteria is not delicious, so what can they do if they don’t throw it away? The author has also encountered this In this situation, the food I bought cannot be said to be extremely unpalatable, but it just didn’t suit my taste and I couldn’t eat it, so I had no choice but to throw it away in the end. Such a situation requires joint efforts from both the school cafeteria and the students. Students should buy meals that suit their own tastes and should not buy more. This is easy to do, because you all know what you like to eat and how much you eat, but you are always blinded by the superficial phenomena of some meals. This requires the canteen to ensure the quality of the meals so that they look delicious and are actually tasty. Sometimes the canteen opens a special window to take care of some poor students. This is good, but the quality must be ensured. Otherwise, the food purchased is cheap but inedible. Wouldn't it be a greater waste?

However, in some cases, there is indeed a problem with students' awareness of thrift. Some students treat guests to dinner and have to serve a table of dishes, but end up with a lot left over. This is obviously showing off their lavishness. I remember seeing such a scene from the TV series "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan". He Shen, the most corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, asked his three wives and six concubines to recite the poem above before having dinner with his family. , and then go to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas. We know that he is doing it for others to see, and it is just a formal thing. But we are different. We are high-quality college students and we should start from ourselves and truly be frugal.

Looking at the takeout department in the canteen, waste is also very serious. The waste here is mainly the use of plastic bags and disposable wooden chopsticks. Many students are afraid that the bags are not strong enough when buying food, so they have to put at least one on them at once. Use both bags together. The quality of some plastic bags does have problems, and sometimes they burst suddenly and scatter the food you just bought all over the floor. However, this happens only occasionally. Using this method to prevent problems before they happen is really costly. This kind of plastic bag takes 500 years to decompose in the ground and will deteriorate the soil, which is extremely detrimental to the growth of crops. In addition, the usage of disposable wooden chopsticks is very large. Sometimes I see many students using many pairs per person, saying they need spares. If everyone takes a pair of chopsticks from the restaurant a day, then there will be tens of thousands pairs, and it will take many trees to make these chopsticks. We know that China consumes a large area of ??forest every day to make such chopsticks, which is already a very serious problem. Many of my classmates have done a good job in this regard. They supervise each other and eat in the canteen in order to avoid using plastic bags. If they buy food from takeaway, they use their own tableware. For this reason, some dormitories even bought bamboo chopsticks collectively. . If one person breaks the contract, they will be criticized by everyone and they will be invited to dinner. Although this is a bit of a joke, the effect is still quite good. Some students think that it may not be easy to do it alone, and the effect will be much better if everyone works together. You might as well try this method. Over time, environmental protection will already be in your subconscious mind.

I believe that as long as our college students are aware of these wastes and have determination, they will definitely save money. Let's join hands and start with ourselves! Maintain our fresh homes.