Under the condition of the increasing high food prices, drought-hit times, food waste that food waste has become a matter of urgent concern now. It is estimated that the global population of hungry is up to about 805 million. But from the global food production point of view, it is enough to feed the hungry people. Unluckily, the fact is that nearly 1.3 billion tons food is wasted every year.
Now there is a saying that it is one of the solution to reduce food waste by packaging. Meanwhile, the conscientious consumer behavior is also important. To support this year’s World Food Day on October 16, Dow launched “Make it last” campaign, so the status quo people aware of the global food crisis, so that the world is committed to helping consumers reduce food waste.
Most people do not realize that the food waste and food consumption in supply chain is becoming a global problem. But the packaging can prevent the food from damaging, deterioration or abusing to reduce food waste, and packaging can also help prolong the shelf life of food and make our food fresh longer.
Whether plastic packaging can solve the problem of global food waste? It is said if we improve the packaging and other aspects, such as food production and distribution systems, the global food wastage rete will be dropped to 30 percent from 40 percent, and then we will be able to save enough food to feed one billion hungry people.
Of-course, this major figure requires all parties to cooperate as well as many different solutions, but the potential impact of packaging and value chain cooperation of all parties is very large, precisely because of this, people who do this job are full of passion for doing these things every day.
Some people urged consumers to participate in the activity through interactive website and the promise of personal commitment. On an interactive website, there will be some good sharing about how to get rid of food waste.