Don’t Waste Food
Singaporeans waste a lot of food each year. In 2013, we threw away about 0.8 million tonnes of food waste and only 13% was recycled. We should not waste food and let’s try to find ways to reduce food wastage in our homes, for our events and for companies that produce food products.
Here’s a few tips:
For Homes
Before cooking, confirm the amount of food needed and plan the type of food to be cooked and how to cook the food. This helps you to prevent excessive food wastage.
You can also refer to the food storage chart from the AVA website to check some guidelines on how long you can keep your food in the refrigerator. By keeping to the food storage duration and temperature, you can reduce food spoilage.
For Events
Confirm the number of participants attending the event and their dietary requirements. This would help you to prepare or order the right amount of food. It might also be good to cater slightly less food (about 10 to 20 percent) than required so as to avoid unnecessary wastage.
Arrange for any leftover food to be given to the venue staff, event organiser or donate it to a charity. The leftover food should not be wasted.
For Food Companies
If your company has unsold or soon-to-be expired food products, you can sell them at a cheaper price before the expiry date to clear stock or donate the food products to schools, charitable organisations or anyone who wants them before the expiry date.
You can also contact the following organisations:
AÂ local non-profit organisation, Food from the Heart, collects unsold bread and pastries from bakeries and hotels and distributes them to welfare organisations, needy families and individuals.
Food Bank Singapore collects excess or unwanted food from food companies, retailers and home consumers, and distributes them to the needy.
More Tips
Also check out more tips on reducing food waste from the Save Food Cut Waste campaign.
19 Comments
bysaadi
hello
i am in iran. i work about bread wate in iran. do you have any statistic about bread waste in sigapore or other countries?
thak you
byEugene
We don’t have statistics on bread, only have data on food waste at http://www.zerowastesg.com/2008/12/08/food-waste-recycling/
byRicky Adrianus
Hello
Currently I am working on an advertising campaign for my major project about Fruit waste in Singapore. Do you have any article, fact sheet, or any data related to fruit waste in singapore?
I would highly appreciate you help
Thank you
byEugene
Hi Ricky, sorry we don’t have data on fruit waste in Singapore. Check out this company that collects fruit waste and turns them into household cleaners http://www.envizyme.com/index.html.
byshaun ang
hello, we are currently doing a research on food waste by companies such as supermarket. do you happen to have any statistic on that?
byEugene
Hi Shaun, we don’t have waste statistics on food waste by companies. Check with NEA.
byahbee
Hi, I think that the reasons for food waste are not mentioned.
byyohana
Hi, I’m currently doing a research on donation of unsold food items in supermarkets to welfare organizations. Is there such a project going on in Singapore, both on a regular basis or irregular basis? Thanks 😀
byEugene
check with http://www.foodheart.org/index.php
byTricia
How about those unrecycled food waste? How are they treated and where they go?
byEugene
@ Tricia – All food waste that are not recycled goes to the incineration plants.
byAlex Toh
Hi Sir, currently we are running vegetarian and organic food business. We throw away a lot of overdue foods and products.
Kindly advice me on how we can send all these waste food for recycle. Also for your info our website is closed for maintanace due to a technical glitch.
byEugene
Hi Alex, you may wish to contact IUT (http://www.iutglobal.com/) for the recycling of food waste. Thanks.
byAmira
Hello, i would like to know if there has been any form of measures put into place to recycle food in SG since the closure of IUT?
byAneez
Where can I find a graph of food wastage in Singapore?
byBob
Hi I have packets of cakes and bread which is still not expires. Who can I give to?
byZero Waste Singapore
@Bob, check out http://www.foodbank.sg
byRaijai Parkash Rai
Dear
Sir/Madam
By Profession I am A Senior Security Officer,I am assign
to a condominium for my daily duties,When there is any kind of functions in my condo,When functions ends Kind Residence Pass Over Excess Food to guard and cleaners for their consumtions, Unfortunately still left over foods ends in dustbins.Sir if u can kindly advice on where to donate left and cooked food for immediate consumtion in Singapore?
byFood Rescue @ Events
We are writing from Food Rescue @ Events, we rescued food from events, cafes, and do daily food rescue as well.
The following are 3 of our social media, please do help to share with your friends and colleague.
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/foodrescuesingapore
Telegram
http://www.foodrescue.events
Instagram
http://www.instagram.com/foodrescue.events