3. Reducing the use of plastic: Avoid using plastics such as choppers, cans, or Styrofoam packaging.
4. Using food wraps: Adapt to using plastic food wrappers to store food and food waste.
5. Waste pickup: Customize by depositing plastic and paper waste with waste pickers or waste banks.
6. Composting: Process organic waste, such as food and vegetable scraps, into compost.
Challenges
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Here are some of the challenges that students will face in reducing food waste in the school canteen:
1. Plastic waste: People use a lot of cups and cans, which become non-biodegradable plastic waste and threaten the sustainability of other life.
2. Food packaging waste: People often use plastic and Styrofoam food packaging, which is not always biodegradable and results in non-biodegradable waste.
3. Student willingness: Students may not be amenable to changes in how they consume food and beverages that are healthier for the environment, such as bringing a lunchbox from home or choosing non-packaged foods
4. Skills and activities: Students may not have appropriate skills or activities to reduce food waste in the school canteen, such as composting vegetable, coffee or tea scraps.
