Happy New Year's Party, take it easy on the cake battle

3 boxes of leftovers packed at the weekend party, half a box of milk that has expired for 4 months, breakfast cereals that got damp after opening, and excess coffee stocked up during the event.

"It's cool to stock up, and it hurts money when I throw it away, but I don't realize that it's a waste of food

A reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily recently found in the street mining that there are not a few young people like Xiaoxue

Impulsive consumption, fond of hoarding goods, smearing cakes all over the face on birthdays, and even eating hasai when they are emotionally broken.

'Cake Wars' Plays Out 'Food Waste'

Just after 0:00 on January 19, Ziyu, a post-00s boy, posted a photo of a face full of cake on social platforms with the text: "On the cake, luck is on the top"

"This is also considered a waste of food? Many friends play cakes with each other on their birthdays

"I don't know", "I don't know very well", "I really don't know".

"The Anti-Food Waste Law is the first special legislation on food waste in China, which establishes the basic code of conduct for food consumption for the whole society and citizens,

"Any reduction in the quantity or quality of food in an unreasonable way is a food waste

Wu Hao, a post-00s student, bluntly said that in the school cafeteria, the phenomenon of students wasting food is still very serious.

Tingting, a post-90s girl, said a little ashamed that she seldom packs food when she invites friends to eat

　　For some time, Ozawa, a young man born in the 1995s, has been keen to watch the video of Big Stomach King's "Eat and Broadcast"

　　On December 17, 2021, four departments including the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the "Anti-Food Waste Work Plan", prohibiting the production, release and dissemination of audio and video videos of "Big Stomach King", and raised the previous soft constraints at the moral level to the legal level.

　　The "Report on Food Waste in China's Urban Catering" jointly released by the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the World Wildlife Fund shows that the per capita food waste in China's catering industry is 93 grams per person per meal, and large gatherings waste up to 38%, which is food waste.

　　A catering practitioner Xiao Liu told reporters that two-thirds of the daily kitchen waste is leftovers, which requires a lot of manpower and financial resources to deal with.

    Blind boxes and other behaviors that induce excessive consumption are suspected of breaking the law

　　Recently, KFC and Bubble Mart, a blind box seller, jointly launched a joint blind box package called "DIMOO", which caused many young consumers to snap up

　　To this end, some young people don’t hesitate to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy more than 100 sets of meals at one time; there are also consumers who buy “eat-as-you-go” services for “seeking babies”, and hire people to buy meal-as-you-go meal packages to get blind boxes.
As for throwing away uneaten food
.

　　"This blind box incident is similar to the 'milk pouring incident' in April 2021.
It is a phenomenon of abnormal consumption and should be vigorously resisted
.
" Liu Junhai pointed out, "A gentleman loves money in a proper way, through advertising false propaganda, or It is illegal to induce consumers to buy a large amount of food beyond their own needs through blind boxes and other methods
.
"

　　On April 29, 2021, the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress passed the Anti-Food Waste Law of the People's Republic of China, which clearly stipulates that catering service operators induce and mislead consumers to overdose.
Orders that cause obvious waste can be fined up to 10,000 yuan
.

　　"If you buy another 8 yuan, you can get 5 yuan off; if you have already reduced 5 yuan, you can buy another 11 yuan and you can get another 7 yuan off.
.
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" In the street collection, Xue Peng, a young man born in the 1995s, is very disgusted with such "serial" sales.
A single takeout meal is enough to fill his stomach, but on the way to "go to settlement", he often receives "go to collect the order" reminders.
A lunch that could be solved at 29 yuan ended up costing 37.
9 yuan
.

　　The reporter searched and found that it is a routine operation in the takeaway industry to use discounts such as full order reduction, random reduction of allowances, and full delivery fee waiver to attract consumers to over-consumption
.
Under the incentive mechanism of merchants, consumers often choose to collect orders to enjoy better prices
.
"After receiving the takeout, I often find that I have ordered too much, and I either bite the bullet or just throw it away
.
" Xue Peng said
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　　In response to the behavior of food delivery platforms inducing over-ordering, the "Beijing Anti-Food Waste Regulations" clearly stipulates that food delivery platforms shall not abuse their dominant market position, and shall not use false or misleading commercial propaganda to induce or deceive consumers to over-order.
order
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    "Food" can also have joint "banks"

　　"Say no to 'waste on the tip of your tongue'.
Anti-food waste is not only a virtue, but also wisdom, and it is also a responsibility
.
" Liu Junhai said that anti-food waste requires a consensus from all sectors of society, "Enterprises should play the role of the first responsible person to deal with food waste.
Consumers' impulsive behavior provides goodwill warnings and warm reminders.
Consumers should carefully evaluate their own consumption needs and avoid excessive consumption
.
At the same time, the regulatory authorities should increase law enforcement supervision for some enterprises, institutions and government canteens with serious food waste.
Avoid regulatory dead spots and blind spots”
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　　Liu Junhai pointed out that some catering companies have launched daily fresh services in order to attract users.
Fruits and vegetables are not kept overnight, milk and bread are sold on the same day, and those that are not sold out when the store is closed are discarded
.
"This is a huge waste of food and should be taken seriously
.
"

　　Liu Junhai suggested that regulatory authorities, social welfare organizations, food production and sales companies, etc.
can jointly build a "food bank" to open up the "last mile" of anti-food waste
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Micro-defective foods and expiring products that meet safety standards can be provided to vulnerable groups and individuals in need for free or at low prices, creating a 24-hour cross-market, cross-region, and cross-industry anti-food waste cooperation platform
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　　In the street picking, many young people rationally gave a solution to food waste
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Wu Hao believes that catering companies should appropriately introduce specifications such as "small dishes", "girls' dishes" and "half dishes" to meet the choices of different consumers
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"It is recommended to encourage consumers to pack
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" Ozawa said
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Jiajia, a post-95s generation, proposed that the leftovers can be provided to stray animals by a unified organization, which is also a kind of social care
.

　　"Although social consensus and results have been achieved in opposing food waste, the phenomenon of waste is still alarming
.
It is urgent to oppose food waste propaganda and education
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" On January 22, at the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Two Sessions, a member of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Political Consultative Conference and the Inner Mongolia Ethnic Trade Promotion Association Zhang Zhanzhong proposed to intensify efforts to carry out publicity and education on the anti-food waste law
.

　　"Who knows that Chinese food on a plate is hard work"
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Zhang Zhanzhong said that it is necessary to make food saving propaganda and education routine, enter classroom textbooks, enter enterprises and factories, and enter thousands of households, so that the cultural concept of opposing food waste will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the observance of the anti-food waste law should become a social code of conduct
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