Tweeple Condemn Food Wastage At Desi Weddings, Urge Others To Take As Much As They Can Eat

The wedding season has finally arrived. And while a lot of things have changed about weddings, like reduced number of guests and mandatory wearing of masks, the one thing that remains unchanged is food wastage.

A tremendous amount of food is wasted every year, thanks to ‘big fat Indian weddings’. According to an earlier report by The New Indian Express, 10-20% of the food served at weddings in India goes to waste. So much so that even before the pandemic began, the Supreme Court was contemplating limiting the number of guests to check food wastage at weddings, reports Hindustan Times.

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While there are organisations who come forward to collect excess food from weddings and distribute it to the poor, there are many people who tend to take way more food than they can eat and end up wasting it. Hence, since the wedding season is here, people online are requesting people not to waste food at weddings and are condemning those who do. Many also posted ways in which food wastage can be curbed in gatherings. Have a look:

IAS Officer Awanish Sharan wrote, “The daughter’s father spends his entire life, strangling his happiness, accumulating money so that he can marry his daughter with great pomp. Please do not leave food behind in this way nor should anyone leave it. Take as much food on the plate as you can eat.”

Once the food is on the plate and isn’t eaten, it cannot be donated and ends up getting wasted. We need to be conscious and keep our privilege in check when it comes to food because much of the country suffers from hunger.

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