Refrigerator management

Food waste happens throughout the production, transportation, and use processes.  Per a recent article by CNN, “The world wasted 1.05 billion metric tons of food in 2022, meaning about a fifth of the food available to people was squandered by households, restaurants and other parts of the food service and retail sectors. This is on top of the 13% of the world’s food lost as it makes its journey from farm to fork.”  The BBC article below states that “In the UK, about 60% of all food waste comes from homes, and in the US, 40-50% does. The statistics are similar in Japan.”  A significant amount of food waste is associated with your refrigerator.  Things get lost in the back or you buy too much at a time.  The BBC article discusses several ideas for managing the food in your refrigerator to reduce the amount of food that is wasted.  Many of these ideas are applicable to your pantry or kitchen cupboards, too.  In addition to organizing your refrigerator and planning your shopping trips, learn the difference between “best by” and “use by” dates on food items (see the explanation in the BBC article). 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240715-the-simple-japanese-method-for-a-tidier-and-less-wasteful-fridge