Bare Necessities: How To Live A Zero-Waste Life - Book reviews - Filled with activities, insights, recipes, tips, and how-to guides, it is a must-read for anyone wanting to make a difference.
In India, around 1 crore marriages happen in a year. 1 crore marriages are a huge number. It is being said that the value of the food being wasted comes to around 1400 crores. On one side so much, food is being wasted. On the other side 20 crores, people go to sleep on an empty stomach because of a lack of food. And around 80 percent of Indian farmers are extremely poor. This might feel contradictory and you might feel that something is wrong. This is because around 40 percent of the food items produced in India are wasted. This is not only the leftovers that you throw as waste. The wastage while farming, packaging, transportation, and the food that reaches your table. The food that you cook and eat and the waste due to that. Around 40 percent of the food is being wasted in this long process. If we can manage this waste many people will be able to eat and sleep without hunger. The food that we eat wh