Stop Food Waste Day停止食物浪費日

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Stop Food Waste Day is an international day of action in the fight against1 foodwaste. It is a serious and growing problem all over the world. About one-third of theworlds food is either lost or wasted every year.

Stop Food Waste Day started in 2017 and was to raise awareness2 of the foodwaste problem and cause changes. The holiday hopes to help those in need get thefood they need and stop landfills3 from filling over.

History of Stop Food Waste Day

Stop Food Waste Day began back in 2017 by Compass Group， one of the worldslargest foodservice4 companies serving restaurants， cafes， hospitals， schools， andmore. Compass Group decided to cut down food waste as much as possible.

Stop Food Waste Day tries to teach people about their food waste and find usefulways to farm， produce5， buy， and use food. Stop Food Waste Day hopes to change theway leftovers6 are used， so people can make the best of what food people have.

How to Celebrate Stop Food Waste Day

Show your support7 by looking up easy ways of cooking to best use leftoversand fresh produce. Make a list before you go to the store to save money and food.

Get in the habit of freezing8 leftovers. Put vegetables in water and wash themfor 5 to 10 minutes. Make sure that when you freeze food， you remove9 as much airas possible for long-lasting freshness10. Share cooking tips and teach people aboutthe good of cutting down food waste.

停止食物浪費日是一個打擊食物浪費的國際行動日。在全世界范圍內，這是一個嚴重且日益惡化的問題。每年，全世界大約三分之一的糧食要么被損耗了，要么被浪費了。

停止食物浪費日始于2017 年，旨在提高人們對食物浪費問題的意識并引發變革。這個節日希望能幫助那些需要幫助的人獲得他們急需的食物，并阻止垃圾填埋場被填滿。

停止食物浪費日的歷史

停止食物浪費日由指南針集團于2017 年發起。指南針集團是世界上最大的餐飲服務公司之一，為餐館、咖啡館、醫院、學校等提供服務。指南針集團決定竭盡所能減少食物浪費。

停止食物浪費日試圖向人們傳授食物浪費的知識，并找到耕種、生產、購買和利用食物的有用方法。設立停止食物浪費日是希望改變剩菜的處理方式，讓人們能夠充分利用已有的食物。

如何慶祝停止食物浪費日

尋找簡單的烹飪方法來充分利用剩菜和新鮮農產品，以此來表示你的支持。在你去商店之前列一個清單，以節省金錢和食物。

養成冷凍剩菜的習慣。把蔬菜放在水中，洗5 到10 分鐘。確保在冷凍食物時，盡可能多地排出空氣，以保持持久的新鮮度。分享烹飪技巧，告訴人們減少食物浪費的好處。

Notes

1. against 反對

2. awareness 認識；意識

3. landfill 廢物填埋；垃圾填埋；廢物填埋場；垃圾填埋地

4. foodservice 餐飲服務

5. produce 出產；產出；生產；產生；生產；制造

6. leftover 剩飯；剩菜

7. support 支持；擁護；幫助

8. freeze 結冰；凍住；冷藏；冷凍

9. remove 移開；拿開；除去

10. freshness 新鮮度