Discomforts, stems and seeds that go straight to the garbage still bring precious nutrients – and their mass waste is a portrait of how silent waste starts inside.
Every day millions of people discard what could enrich the dish – not only in taste, but also in health. The banana peel has more fibers than the fruit itself. The fruit of the passion is full of pectin, which helps in the satiety and control of cholesterol. Already the orange peel, in addition to the aroma, brings a high concentration of vitamin C. Also so, these ingredients are still treated as garbage, without realizing the nutritional and environmental value that goes together.
Most of the food waste is not found in the foods that ruin on the shelves or on the dishes left in the restaurant. It starts much earlier, at home, in the choice not to enjoy what is already there, available – and which, out of habit or disinformation, is ignored.
It is estimated that about a third of the foods produced in the world is wasted every year. The decomposition of this organic material in landfills releases methane gas, one of the most powerful for the aggravation of the greenhouse effect.
This silent gap, which seems harmless in everyday life, becomes an environmental problem on a global scale.
But waste is also a matter of access and health. In a scenario of cultivation of food insecurity, knowing how to reuse food is a form of resistance. It is a domestic economy, it is car -cura, it is a commitment for the planet. And everything begins knowing what you can do with what usually goes to the trash.
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