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遵从食物“保质期”的咱们
形成了巨大的食物糟蹋
“保质期”（Best before），“最晚出售日期”（sell by），“最佳食用日期”（for best results, use by）……你家冰箱或许储藏柜中的食物恐怕都贴着不少这样的标签。
“关于丢掉哪些食物、对食物怎么加工以供食用的问题，大部分人都挑选遵循食物标签上的指示。而咱们现在考虑的是改动这种行为方法，让食物标签与食物自身质量保持一致，这样才干避免糟蹋，避免人们过早丢掉其实仍能够安全食用的食物。”世界天然基金会（World Wildlife Fund）食物损耗及糟蹋的高档主任皮特·皮尔逊（Pete Pearson）说道。
“地球上超越 70% 的生物多样性丢失可归因于食物和农业。”
天然资源保护协会（Natural Resources Defense Council）估量，美国有 40% 的食物还没有进口就被丢掉了，相当于每年 2180 亿美元的糟蹋。除了让咱们钱包空瘪之外，食物糟蹋还会在废物填埋场中发生甲烷，一种比二氧化碳更微弱的温室气体。前面这些还不包含未食用食物的出产、运送、水、肥料、动物蓄养地保护和燃料等一切累积在一起形成的糟蹋。
“咱们经常会由于标签和消费者行为问题丢掉食物，但其实它们仍处于安全食用期……[检查全文]
Food Expiration Dates May Mislead Consumer
“Best before,” “sell by,” “for best results, use by.” You probably have many of these labelson items in your fridge and pantry right now.
“A lot of behavioron what you throw away and how you consume food, a lot of people go off what’s on the label. And so what we’re looking at is trying to shift behavior, trying to make consistency in terms of how foods are labeled so that we can avoid waste and avoid people throwing away products that are perfectly good to eat.
Pete Pearson is the senior director for food loss and waste at World Wildlife Fund.
“Seventy percent or more of the biodiversity losson the planet is attributed to food and agriculture.”
The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that 40 percent of all food in the United States goes uneaten. That translates to some $218 billion in wasted money annually. Beyond the hit to the wallet, food waste in landfills creates methane, which is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. And these figures don’t include a full accounting of the accumulated waste producing and transporting food that we don’t eat; water and fertilizer; maintenance of animal habitats; and fuel.
“And often, because of labeling and consumer behavior, we throw it away, and it’s still perfectly good to eat…[full transcript]
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