Anti-food waste law implemented for more than a year "CD-ROM" has become a new fashion

"When eating, I will try to finish the meal", "Adhere to the 'disc action' every day", "The 'CD-ROM' makes people who eat and cook have a special sense of happiness".
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The "Anti-Food Waste Law of the People's Republic of China" has been implemented for more than a year, saving food and opposing waste has become a consensus, and "CD-ROM" has become a new fashion
for young people.

In interviews, some young people said that in order to develop a good habit of not wasting food, they would check in daily "disc" photos
on social platforms.
On the online social platform where young people gathered, someone launched the #CD-ROM Relay Challenge#, and more than 2.
5 million people participated in the discussion and posted their "CD-ROM Dry Rice Diary", with a total of more than 920 million
views on the topic.
On another lifestyle social platform, the number of notes related to the "CD-ROM Action" reached 380,000, and the topic
of advocating moderate diet and healthy living appeared in the discussion of food among young people.

According to data, China's annual loss of grain storage, transportation and processing links reaches more than 70 billion jin, and the per capita waste of the catering industry is 93 grams per person per meal, with a waste rate of 11.
7%.

In order to effectively curb waste in the catering industry, the Anti-Food Waste Law, which came into effect on April 29, 2021, stipulates that food service operators can reward consumers who participate in the "CD-ROM Action", and can also charge consumers who cause obvious waste a corresponding fee
for disposing of food waste.

The reporter learned that some restaurants have made regulations on "leftovers plus service fees", and on average, kitchen waste disposal fees
ranging from 20-50 yuan will be charged for every 100 grams of leftovers.
In this regard, Liu Junhai, a professor at the Law School of Chinese Minmin University, believes that the introduction of economic levers makes the anti-food waste law more feasible, and such regulations are a constraint
on consumers' interests.

But at the same time, some hidden food waste still exists: some young people like to stock up on a large number of snacks, even expired and can't finish eating, friends go out to eat still used to order more dishes, some businesses discard still edible food because of poor taste.
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These actions, while inconspicuous, actually cause food waste
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In order to solve these hidden food waste, in Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places, some anti-food waste lifestyle communities have begun to appear, they collect those foods in the city that may be discarded due to poor quality, excessive procurement and other factors through apps, mini programs, etc.
, and pass the information of these foods to those
in need 。 Mimi, the head of an anti-food waste mini program community, said in an interview with reporters that they did this "in the hope of improving the food waste problem in the catering industry, which can not only help businesses reduce the additional processing costs caused by food waste, but also give full play to the residual value of food, and ultimately achieve a win-win situation"
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Professor Liu Junhai appealed: "When and where there is supervision, food should be saved
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In unsupervised situations, it is more necessary to abide by the law and make the fight against food waste the faith
of every citizen.
(Edited by Li Chuang)