We should try to calculate the quantity of food being wasted in
your hostel mess every day after breakfast, lunch and dinner. The amount of
food being wasted should be determined and measured on regular basis. What kind
of items being wasted most should be noted down. Meet all the students and show
the results and seek their advice.
"The food left in plate of students should be put down in a
bucket while doing the dishes. This food collected in the bucket should be
weighed and recorded. The mess manager and we should
coordinate and will maintain the record of the food wasted by the students. The
statistics collected along with flowcharts, diagrams and charts will be
displayed in the campus. The statistics prepared by the students will also
include the number of under privileged people who could satisfy their hunger
from the amount of food that was wasted, the members should be informed.
The aim behind this initiative is to decrease the amount of food
wasted by students. The untouched food left in the mess is eaten by the people
of mess but the food left in the plates goes wasted and can served to cattle
near the campus. We also should make posters urging students to not waste the
food by taking only the amount of food that they would eat. The do's and don'ts
regarding food wastage will be communicated to each student in the institute
hostel.
It will be a
excellent step. No food should go waste for the sustainable development of
the environment.