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are you aware of any methods that are in place to try and reduce overordering?

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are you aware of any methods that are in place to try and reduce overordering?

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"i believe there are like apps that can help you track the expiry date of the food and there's like packing list, i mean- grocery list that you can plan beforehand and you buy it then you like store it in your phone so that you can uh set reminders to remind yourself"

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are there any ways where you and your family actively reduce food waste?

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are there any ways where you and your family actively reduce food waste?

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"we will try to always finish our food cos like uh since young we are always taught to…  eat our food cleanly la right"

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Do you think that you face any inconvenience that hinders you from reducing food waste?

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Do you think that you face any inconvenience that hinders you from reducing food waste?

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"you probably not want to eat your leftover food as much as newly cooked food."

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Why do you think that we should recycle food waste?

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Why do you think that we should recycle food waste?

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"Singapore is actually importing most of their food so you’re wasting the government, the people’s money, when you waste some of the food you brought and just dump it in the landfill"

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" we try not to like overcook. And then we usually will- cos like we have a groupchat for our family so like if we’re not eating that day then we will update so that the person cooking will not overcook"

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" usually don’t buy groceries for the whole week, we buy for like- let’s say today we’re going to cook then today we buy the groceries "

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Germaine - "I feel like my family is taking food for granted"
Brian - "Average SG family can afford it so it doesn't hurt them"
ZX - "people that don’t really see the consequences of it are living a better life than others thats why they're taking things for granted"

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G - "overbuy food to make guests feel welcome"
B- "put a lot of food on the table just to please the eye"
ZX - "you will want to cook more than enough than less than enough"

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unaware of the consequences of food waste

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unaware of the consequences of food waste

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G - "i don't think they see how bad the consequences really are, that's why they're very unbothered by wasting food"
ZX - "those people that don’t really see the consequences of it are living a better life than others thats why they're taking things for granted"

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ZX - "apps that can help you track the expiry date"
P- "bring down [the food] and donate"
"have a groupchat" " update so that the person cooking will not overcook'
B - "red worms to digest the foods"
G - "compost bins to segregate the food"

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L - "enforce some rules to ensure that you reduce FW"
B - "implement fines"
ZX - "constant rewarding"

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Are you aware of the economic impacts brought about by food wastage?

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Are you aware of the economic impacts brought about by food wastage?

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"Mother got habit to put a lot of food on the table just to please the eye"

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Q: Are you aware of the economic impacts brought about by food wastage?/Why do you think people waste food?

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Q: Are you aware of the economic impacts brought about by food wastage?/Why do you think people waste food?

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"singaporeans waste a lot of food everyday due to being affluent

food waste also ends up on semakau landfill

I feel frustrated about food waste"

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"I think the kiasu Singaporean spirit, they need to buy more food than they actually need."

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"people may never see a problem in wasting food as they have never been taught to save food from young

Many people including me tend to overestimate their appetite

I feel like it is an asian thing to overbuy food to make guests feel welcomed (ego, reputation)"

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"there’s always this concern of uh whether… you can feed uhh… like make them full basically, after every meal. So you will want to cook more than enough than less than enough."

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"I think cos we are like slightly affluent"
"government has a lot of schemes to help families that are like not so well-to-do so i would say the average in singapore is definitely above average in the world so we dont think about like food"
"When we order food it’s like we don’t really think about the money"

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Do you and your family find yourselves with the tendency to overorder?

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Do you and your family find yourselves with the tendency to overorder?

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" depending on how many people eat, like if we do like, if i eat alone then usually i just buy like one portion so that won’t really like overorder, but then if it’s like uh family, then we eat like zi char style, sometimes we might overorder "

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Q: Are you aware of any initiatives to reduce food waste?

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Q: Are you aware of any initiatives to reduce food waste?

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Secondary school, had a club, where they produce/propose red worms to digest the foods

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Are you aware of any initiatives to reduce food waste?

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Are you aware of any initiatives to reduce food waste?

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aware of overseas efforts

western park has a compost bin

can bring expired foods to dispose

disposed food is converted into compost

feels singapore can bring in this idea of compost  helpful to segregate their foods from various categories

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Do you and your family take part in this methods to recycle food waste ?

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Do you and your family take part in this methods to recycle food waste ?

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Yea cos downstairs like my block there’s like the- they have like the collection point so usually sometimes if like we overbuy then after that we know we’re not gonna use it then we will like bring it down and donate

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Do you think these initiatives are effective in helping to reduce food waste

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Do you think these initiatives are effective in helping to reduce food waste

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"after you pass it to the needy families already right, they might also not finish it because the bread it like- the freshness of the bread is not as fresh as when it first came out of the oven"
"i dont think it's very effective, it’s just a way to help reduce by a little. "

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"To a certain degree, yes, but education can only do so much. You still need to probably execute other policies like enforce some rules to ensure that you reduce food wastage"

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Are you aware of any initiatives to reduce food waste?

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Are you aware of any initiatives to reduce food waste?

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"at the end of the day there’ll be like volunteers that will go down to the bread shops to collect the bread then they’ll go around to uh give out to the needy families"

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One way to recycle food waste is composting. Do you think these kind of recycling schemes are useful?

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One way to recycle food waste is composting. Do you think these kind of recycling schemes are useful?

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"I think it’s useful to a certain extent. Cos i feel like not everyone is aware of what can be recycled and what cannot be recycled for food composting."

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Why do u think some ppl are not affected by the consequences or food waste

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Why do u think some ppl are not affected by the consequences or food waste

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"in singapore we rarely like uh, feel earthquakes and like tornados all these stuff, natural disasters right, so those people that don’t really see the consequences of it are living a better life than others thats why they're taking things for granted"

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How often do you discard your leftover food

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How often do you discard your leftover food

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"  if that week itself, we dabao alot, so sometimes it’s like uh, like when we have leftovers we keep it in the fridge right, but then the next day we still dabao, then like over time it accumulates in the fridge. So then like we tend to throw away those are like older. "

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What do you think will motivate people to reduce or recycle their food waste?

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What do you think will motivate people to reduce or recycle their food waste?

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"But average Singapore family can afford it so it doesn’t really hurt them"

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"if population increases then food waste will even be more. So i feel that it is actually quite an important uhh topic that is like- we should be more conscious about in our daily lives."

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Q: What do you think will motivate people to reduce or recycle their food waste?

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Q: What do you think will motivate people to reduce or recycle their food waste?

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"it is important to start young (primary school) so people will be more aware about food waste and can be brought up to adulthood

i feel that younger kids would be more enthusiastic as compared to older ones as most singaporeans are lazy to do stuff that does not directly affect them

no idea about food waste initiatives till secondary school which brought bad habits from young

only aware about food waste through school projects

restaurant to impose food wastage fees and parents got to set an example to save food"

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are you aware that households are actually one of the largest generators of food waste in sg?

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are you aware that households are actually one of the largest generators of food waste in sg?

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"i always thought it would be like buffets or like restaurants"

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Do you think that you face any inconvenience that hinders you from reducing food waste?

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Do you think that you face any inconvenience that hinders you from reducing food waste?

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"some problems that hinders me from saving food

1. cannot encourage grandparents to save food

2. cannot gauge appetite well (can't visualise the portion of the food/can't control cravings)

grandparents do not know about the consequences of food waste so they don't feel bothered (grandchildren to motivate them to recycle)

they are not very tech savvy (social media might not help a lot)

Better to make posters in shopping mall or advertisements in newspaper/television"

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where did you hear about food composting from?

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where did you hear about food composting from?

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"usually in secondary schools you have like morning assemblies or stuff like that then sometimes my school will invite guest speakers to come and speak"

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Is the person cooking afraid that there wouldn't be enough food?

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Is the person cooking afraid that there wouldn't be enough food?

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"there’s always this concern of whether you can feed [and] like make them full basically, after every meal. So you will want to cook more than enough than less than enough"

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Do you think there is enough education being done for students regarding food waste?

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Do you think there is enough education being done for students regarding food waste?

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"there’s a just right amount"
"there might need to be a more constant reminder maybe like uh some short lessons instead of long assembly talks"

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Between rewarding and fining, which do you think will be more effective?

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Between rewarding and fining, which do you think will be more effective?

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if you reward someone, that person will be happy then constant rewarding means that they will constantly carry out these kind of efforts.

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do you think your grandparents are educated about food waste?

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do you think your grandparents are educated about food waste?

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"they probably know that wasting food isn't a good thing but i don't think they see like how bad the consequences really are, that's why they're very unbothered by wasting food"

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why do you think food is more convenient to waste?

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why do you think food is more convenient to waste?

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"food you still look at the prices of it before you buy it, so ya uh food is like less convenient to think of. "

"Because uh let’s say your switch is just there, just one click and you’re using electricity already. And water is like uh tap opening, so it’s like a one-step process."

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10-30% of household's carbon footprint is caused by food waste. do you think this 10-30% is a huge problem?

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10-30% of household's carbon footprint is caused by food waste. do you think this 10-30% is a huge problem?

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"i think most people think it's manageable now because the long-lasting impacts haven't hit us just yet"
"if people continue to waste food, eventually these numbers will spiral out of control"

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Q: Are you concerned about what happens to the food you have disposed?

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Q: Are you concerned about what happens to the food you have disposed?

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"When half of the food ordered is left uneaten I feel like my family is taking food for granted

I also feels very worried about how to get rid of food wastage in the future

exportation also takes up a lot of money"

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Do you think that you face any inconvenience that hinders you from reducing food waste?

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Do you think that you face any inconvenience that hinders you from reducing food waste?

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cannot gauge appetite well (can't visualise the portion of the food/can't control cravings)

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- "secondary schools morning assemblies"
- "long assembly talks"
- "no idea about food waste initiatives till secondary school"

- "only aware about food waste through school projects"

Might not be very useful
"education can only do so much"
"singaporeans need to have the initiative to go and learn like there could be alot of different campaigns to teach you but if singaporeans don’t care then uh it’ll be like pointless to have those initiatives"
" if u ask someone thats like wasting a lot of things to suddenly not waste anything at all itll be like quite a long step. "

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unaware that households are the largest contributers to food waste

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unaware that households are the largest contributers to food waste

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"buffets and restaurants have a higher food wastage"
"I think the bulk of food wastage comes from buffets"

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"If u waste so much food, people that are not so fortunate, dealing with poverty, may not be able to access the food so readily. And it will also increase the price."
"feel like we should make a more conscious effort to reduce food wastage since its the 2nd largest waste in that land"
"i believe so cos uh food wastage can also lead to global warming"
"feels very worried about how to get rid of food wastage in the future"

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education is impt but people's mindsets matter more

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education is impt but people's mindsets matter more

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"singaporeans need to have the initiative to go and learn like there could be alot of different campaigns to teach you but if singaporeans don’t care then uh it’ll be like pointless to have those initiatives"
"we rarely take the effort to do to this extent to like really reduce to zero waste"
"if u ask someone thats like wasting a lot of things to suddenly not waste anything at all itll be like quite a long step"

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I need to learn more about the consequences of food waste

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I need to learn more about the consequences of food waste

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I need something to motivate me to take the effort in reducing food waste

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I need something to motivate me to take the effort in reducing food waste

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i need to be more conscious about my actions

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i need to be more conscious about my actions

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to educate people abt food waste & its consequences on the environment

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teach people how they can convert food waste into useful products

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reward people with vouchers, money etc to motivate people to reduce food waste

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with features that can help families to plan out their groceries to reduce overbuying

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interactive advert that can visually show the consequences of food waste and make people remember it

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containing recipes which can be easily created using leftover food

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programme where neighbours can share leftover food with one another

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Allow them to see how much calories they intake. So that they will be mindful about the portions they take.

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come up with a information documentary about what happens to food waste

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an app that can calculate how much they buy and throw

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teach families how to organise their food in a 'first in first out' manner (minimise forgetting abt food waste in the fridge)
--> can design storage organisers etc?

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Have plates designed to meet the appropriate food intake to avoid overeating & food wastage.

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informs person about which food/beverage is about to expire so he/she can eat it soon

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create a website/book containing ideas on how families can preserve food (e.g. turning apples into applesauce)

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In the event they're unable to Finnish the food, they can keep it and consume the remaining food at the later part of the day.

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challenge people to try out a zero food waste lifestyle and they can get rewarded at the end

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when people return their tray with leftover food, they will be charged according to the quantity of food that is unconsumed

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to help remind u of expiry date and also recommend recipes u can cook based on just what u have in your fridge

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have food composting stations in schools
teach students how to compost their leftover foods
compost can be used for school gardens

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encouraging people to share how they reduce food waste on social media

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create stew recipes made from leftover food

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an app that allows families to plan their weekly meals
app contains recommendations & portion sizes
reduces overbuying

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by using food waste to make other things such as composting, DIY beauty product, make other food, regrow veggies

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an app with games that educate people about food waste
can also contain suggestions on how they can reduce food waste

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public kitchen space for people to bring their excess food ingredients and share them to cook together

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frequent posts on recipe ideas/funfacts/tips about food wastage

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donate leftover food to the needy (e.g. old folks home, orphanage etc)

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kits that allow families to grow their own vegetables/fruits for consumption

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a website/app that allows families to post whenever they have leftovers/extra food
people who need those food items can collect them from the families

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if someone needs a particular food that another person has but has no use for it, they can communicate and trade through the app