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World Day for the End of Fishing

🐟 Today is World Day for the End of Fishing. This day we are calling for the abolition of fishing and aquaculture farms. Fish, crustaceans and cephalopods constitute the biggest proportion of animals killed by humans, amounting to trillions of victims each year. 🌱🐟🐠🐡🐙🦞🦐 Vegan FTA'a post #fish #fishing #animals

Cornerstone Cafe at the University of Technology Sydney offer the Good-Edi coffee cups

☕ Love this! Cornerstone Cafe at the University of Technology Sydney offer the Good-Edi coffee cups. Made from oats and grains, and lasting up to 8 hours (far longer than I’d ever need for drinking a coffee!), these edible cups are a fantastic sustainable alternative for takeaway. And if you’

Do you like fruit?

🍊 Fruit is an essential part of a healthy diet, providing a variety of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. From sweet and juicy berries to tart citrus fruits, there is a wide range of fruit to choose from. In addition to their nutritional benefits, many fruits are also delicious and versatile, making

The Environmental Impact of Food Waste: Why We Need to Reduce It

🍅 When we throw out food, we don't just waste a meal. We waste all the water and energy that went into producing it. Food waste is a significant problem worldwide, with approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption being wasted every year. This waste is not

The Benefits of Choosing Ugly Produce: Reducing Food Waste and Supporting Sustainability

🥦 Reducing food waste has become an increasingly important topic in recent years, and one way to do so is by choosing ugly fruits and vegetables at the supermarket. Ugly produce refers to fruits and vegetables that are misshapen, discoloured, or otherwise deemed less attractive than their perfectly-formed counterparts. These items

An Apple a day keeps the landfill away...

 Like this salvaged Macintosh that yielded $200 cash. 📱 After forcing myself to go out late on a crisp night, I picked this at 2:30 AM from the very first pile for positive reinforcement. 💻 I factory reset it, installed a core iOS, and sold it with a salvaged Apple Magic

What Is Zero Waste?

🌍 Zero waste is a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourage redesigning resource life cycles so that all products are repurposed and/or reused. ♻️ The goal of the movement is to avoid sending trash to landfills, incinerators, the ocean, or any other part of the environment. Poster by

5 TIPS TO WASTE LESS FOOD

🕦 PLAN YOUR MEALS AHEAD OF TIME AND ONLY 🥦 BUY WHAT YOU NEED FOR THE RECIPES YOU PLAN TO MAKE. 🍏 STORE FOOD PROPERLY IN THE REFRIGERATOR BY KEEPING IT IN AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS AND AT THE CORRECT TEMPERATURE. 🍅 FREEZE LEFTOVERS FOR A LATER MEAL. 🫑 DONATE ANY EXCESS FOOD TO A LOCAL FOOD

Non-standard pastry

🌎 This is how bakeries dumpster non-standard pastry. @dumpster_diving_czech post #foodsharing #foodwaste #foodshare #sustainability #climate #change

Containers Non food-Edition

🛠️📦 This week I really didn't look bad. 👀 There were actually quite a few kitchen accessories, tools and other things thrown away. And yes, the drill still works and the glasses are completely intact. In my opinion, not a case for the dustbin.... Now the things get a second

"A Rapidly Closing Window of Opportunity"​: Latest IPCC Report Urges Immediate Climate Action

🇺🇳 Yesterday, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the sixth and final report in its landmark series on the causes and impacts of climate change and the solutions for fighting it. Together, the reports are the most comprehensive look yet at the effects of global warming and

Danish on-farm food waste

🇩🇰 Rotten! Turns out Danish on-farm food waste is not 59000 tonnes per year as previously thought, but 128000 tonnes per year. What’s worse is this 117% increase only accounts for 15 different products (e.g. potatoes, eggs, milk, apples, etc.). 🗑️ Almost a year after a group of us launched

Reducing Food Waste During Ramadan: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions in the Arab World

☪️  Food waste is a global issue that has significant economic, social, and environmental impacts. One of the regions where food waste is particularly prevalent is in the Arab world during the month of Ramadan. According to the United Nations Environment Programme's report titled "The State of Food

Combatting Food Waste During Ramadan: Strategies and Solutions

☪️  Ramadan is a holy month in the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. While fasting, Muslims consume food and drink only before sunrise and after sunset, which means that there is a high likelihood of food waste during this period. 🍚 One of the main reasons for

🚨 New IPCC report 🚨

🚨 Either we rapidly cut emissions in the next few years - or breach 1.5 degrees warming. "Without reducing and cutting down on meat consumption and the associated high-intensity agriculture systems, we will not be able to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. That is very clear,"

Shop's dumps

🗑️ We visited five shop's dumps yesterday and most of it comes from just one of them 🥺 very exciting catch with a lot of different food👌🏼 Post: @dumpsterdivingtrondheim #foodsharing #foodwaste #foodshare #sustainability #nature

What We are Reading: Our 7 Essential Books on Hunger and Food Waste

📚 Food waste and hunger are immense problems rooted in a complex web of issues. How can anyone begin to understand the problem enough to make an impact? A good book is a pretty good place to start! We have compiled a list of 7 essential reads about sustainability, food waste,

When we say "I'll throw this away", this is what "away" means

0:00/1× 🌎 This is Bantar Gebang, the mother of landfills, in Jakarta, Indonesia. 🗑️ It contains 30 million tons of waste, and about 7000-8000 tons get dumped there EVERY DAY by 1200 trucks. 🌲 It even has employees and tenants! 20 000+ people live & work there as informal waste pickers.

Supermarkets would rather feed its food surplus to insects than selling foods too cheaply via discounts to their customers

🏪 A few points to contest from this article: “Between 2020 - 2022, Waitrose’s “surplus” food increased by 33%, leading to supermarket chain donating more food to charity.” 🍏 Sometimes one has to wonder whether supermarkets are for-profit businesses or are they charities? 🍅 Even with all these donations, they still haven’

Food Waste: A Dystopian Future in the Making

🌎  Food waste is a major problem in today's world, with over 1.3 billion tonnes of food being wasted every year. This problem, if left unchecked, could lead to a dystopian world similar to that depicted in the film Wall-e. 🤖 In the film Wall-e, humans have left Earth

Fighting Food Waste: Preventing a Dystopian Future like in Wall-e

🌎 The dystopian world depicted in the movie Wall-e, where Earth has become a massive wasteland filled with trash and devoid of life, is a cautionary tale of what could happen if we continue to neglect our environment. One of the key factors that led to the apocalyptic scenario in Wall-e

Mounting Food Waste: The Growing Environmental, Economic, and Social Problem We Can No Longer Ignore

🍅 Food waste is a growing problem that has significant environmental, economic, and social consequences. It is estimated that over one-third of all food produced globally is wasted each year, and this number continues to grow. Food waste contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, wastes resources such as water,

Join the Fight Against Food Waste and World Hunger - Test Our New Foodsharing App Today

🤗🍅🥑 Hello to all the lovely members of the foodsharing community! We're looking for volunteers to help us test our new foodsharing app, designed to help reduce food waste and fight world hunger. If you're passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a

Food rescued

🥦🍏🍅🫑🥬 Volunteers in @foodrescueusnwct rescued these beautiful fruits and vegetables from @themarketctproduce. This fresh produce was donated to Torrington Soup Kitchen. Thank you for helping. #FillPlatesNotLandfills! @foodrescueus post #foodsharing #foodwaste #foodshare #sustainability #nature