Mangetout Moment is the moment of rush of guilt that tell you what you've been doing which is somehow a negative force on the world. But it quickly passes as you realise that.
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My mangetout moment is about the things that I have been doing all the time which is wasting food or simply have leftover food on my plate. The moment that i felt guilty towards my own doing is during my learning session.
As an environmental student, I know that my doing contribute to a lot of problems regarding food waste. From my learning in Integrated Waste Management, in Malaysia, food wastage is a growing problem where Malaysia generate around 15,000 tonnes of food waste out of about 38,000 tonnes of waste generated per day.
Even though this problem seems small and always being disregard by certain people, it actually lead to some serious matters such as increasing land use, the release of dangerous gases where we need proper management in handling food waste disposal, also, land, smell, air and water pollution. Especially, the food waste in Malaysia has higher water content where it can leads to leakage into underground water thus, resulting in water pollution.
Around the world, food waste is increasingly seen as a serious environmental and economic issue. With many families on tight budgets and the global population growing every year, there is increasing awareness of the resources squandered to produce food that is never eaten. Businesses, governments and activists are working to get more of what is grown onto tables, and less into garbage cans.
On a global scale, there are about 868 million people who are considered undernourished. This is not the time to waste resources. So let’s address an issue that brings people together regardless of nationality, beliefs, or socioeconomic levels, the one thing we all have in common; food.
Thus, as an individual and an environmental student, I believe that a simple action from a person gives a lot of meanings in terms of reducing food wastage.
As an environmental student, I know that my doing contribute to a lot of problems regarding food waste. From my learning in Integrated Waste Management, in Malaysia, food wastage is a growing problem where Malaysia generate around 15,000 tonnes of food waste out of about 38,000 tonnes of waste generated per day.
Even though this problem seems small and always being disregard by certain people, it actually lead to some serious matters such as increasing land use, the release of dangerous gases where we need proper management in handling food waste disposal, also, land, smell, air and water pollution. Especially, the food waste in Malaysia has higher water content where it can leads to leakage into underground water thus, resulting in water pollution.
Around the world, food waste is increasingly seen as a serious environmental and economic issue. With many families on tight budgets and the global population growing every year, there is increasing awareness of the resources squandered to produce food that is never eaten. Businesses, governments and activists are working to get more of what is grown onto tables, and less into garbage cans.
Besides, from the source that I found, once the leftover food gets to the landfill, it then generates methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times as potent as carbon dioxide in trapping heat within our atmosphere.
From the source, it mentioned that by reducing consumption by just 15% will feed 25 million Americans in a time where one in six Americans lack a secure supply of food to their tables.
On a global scale, there are about 868 million people who are considered undernourished. This is not the time to waste resources. So let’s address an issue that brings people together regardless of nationality, beliefs, or socioeconomic levels, the one thing we all have in common; food.
Thus, as an individual and an environmental student, I believe that a simple action from a person gives a lot of meanings in terms of reducing food wastage.
During the first week, the thing that I did everyday is reducing the quantity of food than I usually I took. The thing is even if I took lesser amount, sometimes, I still tend to not finished up my food on plate. Therefore, I took even lesser the next meal and so forth until the quantity is just enough depends on my level of hungriness.
For more safety measure, I told my friends about my concern and they just simply remind me to take lesser amount. We definitely need someone or some people in order to discipline ourselves.😊😊😊
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