China wastes about 1 million tons of grain every day. According to statistics, China wastes about 35 million tons of grain every year, which is close to 6% of China's total grain output. The waste of food on the dining table in urban catering industry is as high as 17 million to 18 million tons, which is equivalent to the annual food consumption of 31 million to 51 million people.

China has a large population and a large base. If everyone wastes a little, it will eventually converge into a huge number. At the same time, a large amount of kitchen waste produced by catering waste will cause serious ecological pollution.

Extended information:

"Waste on the tip of the tongue" is forbidden, because some people have the ostentatious mentality of "saving face and stressing ostentation and extravagance", or they have the fluky psychology of "nobody can control it".

At the same time, some economic interests are also contributing to the "waste on the tip of the tongue". In the past, some restaurants and restaurants set minimum consumption thresholds to guide customers to over-consume, and alternative live broadcasts such as "eating and broadcasting" and "eating the king" have even caused negative effects of wasting food. The booming business and the "greasy" clicks obtained by this means.

In fact, it is the misuse of waste to stimulate consumption, the misuse of "appetite" to attract "eyeballs", and the creation of a distorted catering culture to earn economic benefits. This unhealthy catering culture runs counter to the traditional Chinese virtue of diligence and thrift, and is incompatible with a green, healthy, simple and civilized lifestyle. Advocating and practicing "frugal life" should take the thorough transformation of bad catering culture as the entry point.

People's Daily, People's Daily: Starting from saving every grain.