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How to Turn the Tables on Food Waste | Dana Gunders | TED

We waste a staggering one trillion dollars worth of food each year, significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and the climate crisis. Food waste expert Dana Gunders shares innovative solutions to reduce waste — from solar-powered cold rooms to apps that sell discounted restaurant leftovers — and shares tips on how you can keep good…

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We waste a staggering one trillion dollars worth of food each year, significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and the climate crisis. Food waste expert Dana Gunders shares innovative solutions to reduce waste — from solar-powered cold rooms to apps that sell discounted restaurant leftovers — and shares tips on how you can keep good food from going to the trash. (Recorded at TED Countdown Dilemma Series: Food on June 5, 2024)

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    September 13, 2024 at 7:11 am

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    September 13, 2024 at 7:33 am

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    September 13, 2024 at 7:36 am

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      September 13, 2024 at 9:58 am

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  4. @vitesy

    September 13, 2024 at 8:18 am

    We’re super happy to see more TEDTalks about food waste! We really need to make a difference, starting from our homes. This is what we want to do in Vitesy, starting from our fridge 🍅🥦

  5. @Austin_Boath

    September 13, 2024 at 8:18 am

    I used to work at KFC and we wasted SO MUCH food on the close. We would have to throw out all the extra stuff that didn’t sell. Staff took it home but I couldn’t possibly get through all that food.

    • @RainS2TOSBT

      September 15, 2024 at 2:07 pm

      KFC could easily opt to donate unsold food to homeless shelters, nursing homes….

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    September 13, 2024 at 8:53 am

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  7. @LarryWorkingAiside

    September 13, 2024 at 9:45 am

    00:13 食物浪费是全球范围内的一个重大系统性问题。
    01:40 减少食物浪费可以显著影响气候变化。
    03:03 不要管理你不测量的东西
    04:22 通过创新解决方案减少食品浪费
    05:49 需要增加对食品浪费解决方案的关注和投资
    07:15 激励和投资可以对减少食品浪费产生重大影响
    08:51 消费者是食物浪费的最大来源
    10:11 通过冷冻、利用剩菜和理解标签来减少食物浪费。
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    September 13, 2024 at 9:59 am

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    September 13, 2024 at 10:01 am

    Sorry to be off-topic, but how does the UN benefit anyone other than those who get a paycheck there?

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  11. @acornhomestead3575

    September 13, 2024 at 11:55 am

    This is a massive irritant for met. ! A giant pet peeve!
    I work at a large supermarket. The amount of food waste makes me crazy! This is AFTER the charity gets theirs, After the staff get a small slim-pickens of a bit of stuff.

    It makes me see red when labels, “ripen at home” and it takes 2 weeks longer than the date on the package says! My place of employment gives to the homeless shelters, a food waste app, it’s staff and community organisations and still I see a hundred bags get thrown out. Fruit and veg because “it’s not perfectly blemish free” goes into bin bags to be dumped. (I was told what’s left travels to Germany to be “processed” into animal feeds. Well I’ve a hobby farm myself. Yeah. If love to be getting free stuff for my animals ( feed them less. Buy less in the first place. No one stays home all the time so buy 3 days at a time, not even.

    • @JugglinJellyTake01

      September 13, 2024 at 1:39 pm

      I overheard two supermarket employees a manager if they want 8 crates of lettuce to go to the food bank. The manager said send them 1 crate. As a dumpster diver and someone who volunteers at a food bank that angered me. The same supermarket locks their waste food in a container and dyes it blue. I no longer shop at that
      supermarket and have spread the word wide.
      The sole motivation of supermarkets donating food to food banks is to make their corporate social responsibility look good while they continue to gouge customers and pay extortionate rents to an offshore subsidiary to reduce their tax liabilities.
      They are the most corrupt organisations.

  12. @-AkhilTej-

    September 13, 2024 at 5:46 pm

    🍎💎🏆 Great insightful & fruitful video 🏆💎🍎

    लोकः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु
    ( May all beings lead prosperous life across Globe 🌍 )

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    September 13, 2024 at 6:12 pm

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  14. @Improve.knowledg7

    September 14, 2024 at 3:12 am

    I will try to practice. Thank you

  15. @nureddinz

    September 14, 2024 at 6:03 am

    Movies and TV Shows normalize food waste a lot, we see sandwiches thrown away after a single bite, entire trays of food spilled just to bully/prank others.

  16. @K78644

    September 14, 2024 at 7:38 am

    why aren’t you using TGTG???

  17. @jonathans.9488

    September 14, 2024 at 2:35 pm

    90% of food waste comes from my toddler. Sorry everyone.

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    September 16, 2024 at 11:35 am

    Hi! Loved the speech. Im writing a Master thesis and would love to contact you in some way to get more insights!

  19. @amodpataskar5673

    September 16, 2024 at 12:12 pm

    Best way to reduce this is by booking in advance, this may not be the best option but data should help food production and distribution

  20. @brainstem2023

    September 17, 2024 at 1:51 am

    Look, smell and taste. Three rules to live by. Contrary to what you might think, a little taste will NOT make you sick. Just dip a finger and lick it. You want to taste it, not eat it. Of course, only do that after you look at it and smell it. In most cases, mold can be removed and the rest of the food can be salvaged. Don’t be a prude.

  21. @brainstem2023

    September 17, 2024 at 1:53 am

    Cruise ships and all you can eat buffets are awful. They literally throw away tons of food every day. The only glimmer regarding cruise ships is that fish aren’t too picky and will happily eat what they’re dumping before they come into port.

  22. @atenas80525

    September 18, 2024 at 2:15 pm

    1 billion meals worth $1 trillion? Each meal is worth a $1,000? Wow, lady, you just really lost me when your basic math is pretty much junk . . .

  23. @atenas80525

    September 18, 2024 at 2:15 pm

    THUMBS DOWN

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