Food waste research report

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Food waste research report

As primary school students, we look at our daily food consumption with a sense of urgency, but we see a series of wasteful behaviors that are inconsistent with "building a conservation-oriented society", especially outside the classroom. In view of this distressing food waste behavior, I explore the food waste psychology of primary school students through questionnaire survey, dig out the reasons and solutions of food waste, and hope to arouse and strengthen people's awareness of saving food and putting an end to food waste.

Present situation and causes of food waste

In China, except wheat, the output of grain machinery can reach 82%, rice can only reach 15%, and corn is even less than 2%. In addition, insufficient drying capacity at harvest often leads to grain germination and mildew in rainy days, and uneven mechanical quality also causes harvest losses. In terms of meat and aquatic products, the loss of meat and aquatic products is 1 only because of the comprehensive utilization of slaughter and the lack of fresh-keeping devices on aquatic fishing boats. 9% and 2%

The loss of grain in China during storage is also quite high. At present, more than 70% of China's grain is scattered in hundreds of millions of farmers' homes, with low storage conditions; In addition, due to the replacement of old and new grains formed by China's storage mechanism and grain reserve management, there are more moldy and deteriorated grains. According to the calculation, the loss and waste rate of grain caused by the above reasons during storage is 5%. At present, the storage and preservation of fruits and vegetables in China only accounts for 25% of the total output, and the preservation technology is underdeveloped, resulting in the loss of fruits in China reaching 7. 8%。 For roughly the same reason, the loss rate of meat and aquatic products in storage in China reached 3. 8 percent and 4 percent

In addition, it is the waste in the process of catering consumption, which involves everyone in China. The main reasons for this waste are: first, the size of food is inconsistent, which makes it difficult for people to grasp when ordering food, thus forming waste; Second, the waste caused by food quality; Third, traditional consumption habits, food and taste do not match, easy to cause waste. In all aspects of grain loss and waste, on the whole, according to the average of five years, the annual grain loss and waste is about 6 1.92 million tons; Fruit 2 195. 70,000 tons; Vegetables 25362. 90,000 tons; Meat 12 12. 1 10,000 tons; Aquatic products 824. Forty thousand tons. The proportion of total output is 12 respectively. 9%、28。 6%、47。 5%、 17。 4% and 17. 5。

There are many reasons for wasting food, which can be analyzed and summarized in four aspects:

First, there is no effective mechanism to restrict waste. Saving food resources should not only be the proper behavior of social members, but also be an important goal of modern management in mature society. Food waste is closely related to the four social problems of resources, environment, energy and health that the world is concerned about at present. Limiting waste requires a series of social restraint mechanisms and conditions. However, China lacks such a mechanism. First, the price of agricultural products is low; The second is the lack of waste punishment mechanism; The third is public consumption, which wastes a lot of food.

Second, the public is not aware of saving food resources. Take the reception of guests, weddings, weddings, weddings and other habits. In China, food consumption mostly aims at abundance and surplus, and there is no sense of reducing waste. Especially after the improvement of our living material conditions, the pursuit of luxury and attention to ostentation and extravagance is easy to prevail, and the awareness of saving is weak.

Third, the environmental conditions in the consumption process are not perfect. For example, the standards of food production, processing and catering are missing, and the standards of raw materials for agricultural products processing are not perfect, which makes processors unable to equip raw materials according to various processing needs, resulting in waste; The menu standards of residents eating out are different, which makes it difficult for consumers to choose the amount of food. In addition, food information asymmetry is also easy to cause food waste.

Fourth, the level of post-natal food processing technology is not high. For example, about 80% of China's food processing technology and equipment are only equivalent to the world average level in 1970s and 1980s, 15% has reached the level of 1990s, and only 5% has reached the international advanced level. The technical level of harvesting, transportation, storage and processing is not high, resulting in a huge waste of food.

The harm of food waste and the significance of saving

The latest report released by FAO mentioned that the annual food waste in the world can reach an astonishing 65.438+0.3 billion tons, which not only causes great economic losses, but also seriously harms the natural resources on which human beings depend.

The study entitled "Impact on Natural Resources" analyzes the impact of global food waste from an environmental perspective for the first time, paying special attention to its impact on climate, water and land use and biodiversity. The water consumed by wasted food every year is equivalent to the annual flow of the Volga River in Russia, and 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gases are released into the earth's atmosphere every year. According to the estimation of FAO, it is not only the environmental impact, but also the direct economic consequences of food waste (excluding fish and seafood) to producers reach 750 billion US dollars every year. "Farmers and fishermen, food processors and supermarkets, local and national governments, individual consumers, all of us must make changes in every link of the human food chain to prevent food waste. When we can't stop it, we should reuse or recycle the wasted food." Yue Se da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, said, "We can't let one third of the grain be wasted or lost like this. Although these foods were wasted, there were eight. 700 million people are starving. "

Measures to solve school food waste;

I think there are two ways to solve food waste:

First, from the aspect of social organization

Restaurants and other business gatherings:

1。 Food sources should be of high quality, food production should be standardized and food types should be diversified. Only high-quality and hygienic food can make people feel at ease and eat happily, thus reducing waste.

2。 Regularly let the dining staff evaluate the canteen operators and improve their own shortcomings.

3。 Strengthen publicity and education. For example, in the process of eating, such as making relevant slogans and warnings and posting them in prominent positions in restaurants and canteens, always reminding diners to save food and beware of waste.

4。 . Encourage economy and punish waste.

School:

1, strengthen publicity and education.

2. Student organizations can carry out related activities. For example, you can take photos or videos of diners with a camera or video recorder, show them to your classmates, and call for saving.

Second, from a personal point of view.

1. It is necessary to establish a sense of economy, recognize the current situation of China's grain, and correctly handle the contradiction between insufficient food supply and rapid population growth.

2. Change the concept of consumption, be proud of thrift, be ashamed of waste, and have a sense of consumption.

3. Try not to be picky about food when eating, and make reasonable dietary standards for yourself. When eating in a restaurant, you should order in moderation, not showing off or ordering in disorder. You can pack the leftovers and take them home.

4. At the same time, we should play a good supervisory role. We should stop and persuade our friends and classmates when they waste food.

Finally, through the investigation and study of food waste in colleges and universities, we can understand the present situation of food in China and even the world, understand the significance of saving food and the harm of food waste, and feel sad for the lack of thrift consciousness of contemporary primary school students. I quote: "don't treat waste as chic, what you squander is a kind of cultivation;" Don't treat frugality as embarrassment, you cultivate a character. " We hope that this research can arouse more people's reflection and call on more people to establish the concept of green food consumption.