Recycling as a Sustainable practice -

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Recycling as a sustainable method of reducing food wastage
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It has been estimated in a recent study that over seven hundred million tons of foods as
well as drinks are thrown out annually in UK that results in the food wastage (Comber &
Thieme, 2013).. While the wastage of food has been a serious issue, the cause for it is also a
major factor of concern. Various studies and the news publications have revealed that the huge
amount of land, water and energy required for meeting up the demand of food products in the
market is the sign of over production and excessive consumerism. The wastage of food in this
amount is actually affecting the resource causing damage to the planet. The present study will
deal with the issue of recycling and packaging of the waste food products in turn them into new
products. The study will shed light on the benefits as well as the disadvantages of the approach in
their aim of lowering down the food wastage cause.
Recycling is referred as the process of turning the used out or the waste materials into new
products that can be used further for other usages. The common process includes the breaking
down of the biodegradable material taking the help of the nature into different elements. The
food revolution start ups in UK have already demonstrated the efficacy of the process by
recycling and composting the food materials. Tom Fletcher founded the Rejuc in 2012 (Mourad
2016). A network of suppliers provides the start up with the local as well as low cost ingredients
which is instrumental in turning the wasted food materials to bottles. The biggest benefit of the
process is that the wasted foods are reused in a process to make useful things. These not only
benefits the planet by reducing pollutions coming from worn out foods but also provides the
scope of producing new products that are useful for the consumers. This means that less amount
of wastage are sent to the landfills and thus helps in saving the lands and preventing the pollution
that can be spread from the waste products. Moreover, food wastes produce more infection
spreading bacteria and insects around that affects the community (Wikström, Williams, &
Venkatesh, 2016).. The reduction of the waste through recycling will help in preventing this to a