1. The waste we have experienced
This is the VIP box. Just after 6 pm, the host came, a group of three people, carrying a case of white wine and a case of red wine. Xia Rong introduced the guests into the box and presented exquisite recipes with both hands. Guests obviously know how to order food, and cold, hot, vegetarian and seafood are properly matched. Xia Rong skillfully enters the name of the dish on the ordering machine. Xia Rong said that such guests often patronize high-end dining places at the first sight, so she will not take the initiative to remind guests to order, which will easily cause guests to resent. As a waiter in a restaurant, Xia Rong has seen all kinds of dinners. Every time after dinner, there are messy things on the table, which surprised the little girl from the countryside: "just eat half of a table of vegetables;" A fish with a few hundred dollars didn't move a few chopsticks. It looked like a whole fish and fell out. "
"Will anyone pack for such an occasion?" Xia Rong looked at the reporter a little surprised and asked, "Will you pack it and take it away?" The reporter was also speechless for a while. Xia Rong said, no matter the dishes with chopsticks or the dishes without chopsticks at all, they are all leftovers in their eyes, and there is only one place for them to go to the swill bucket. Xia Rong tone don't recognize a trace of regret.
Hu Quan is the office director of Gansu Branch of a national insurance company. When talking about the waste phenomenon during eating, he said metaphorically: "Eating is actually a drug introduction in Chinese medicine. The key is drinking. Who can afford it? " In Hu Quan's view, if you don't drink, the dinner will be very dull, and it will be difficult to talk about things without atmosphere.
Apart from official consumption, Xia Rong said that it is not uncommon for some ordinary consumption to be wasted. The most common are all kinds of banquets, such as wedding banquet, full moon banquet, school banquet and so on. There is a special phenomenon on such occasions. Most of the guests sat at the same table, but no one introduced them. We are strangers, so we are embarrassed to leave the impression of "eating food" to strangers. So most chopsticks are touched by water, so most of the dishes on a table are left.
Although all the cafeterias popular with diners are marked as "take your meals on demand", this is believed to be the subconscious of many diners, which actually makes the cafeteria the hardest hit area for food waste. A friend said, "Although the store has said that if the leftover food exceeds a certain weight, it will charge half of the buffet fee, but the waiter rarely really weighs it." His trick is to pour food into hot pot, and some people even deliberately throw food on the ground.
2. What we know about the causes of waste
There used to be a popular joke that said, "When I have money, I will buy two bowls of soybean milk, drink one bowl and pour one." Sun Feng, a sociology professor in Tsinghua University, sharply commented on the social phenomenon reflected in this joke. "In recent years, people have become rich, social transformation has accelerated, and consumerism has flooded. Behind the waste, it actually represents "success" and "status". "
Wan Yan quite agrees with the professor's judgment. After an awkward dinner, Wan Yan said bitterly, "Face kills people." Wan Yan is 26 years old. After graduating from college, he entered a public institution. Although his income is not rich, he is already a respectable figure in his hometown village. One day, a tourist from his hometown is the headmaster of a rural school district. He is also a famous person in the village. As far as qualifications are concerned, he is also Wan Yan's uncle. He is always good at discussing people's length. Wan Yan recalled that his first thought after receiving the phone call was never to lose face in front of this person. In the end, Wan Yan went to great lengths to find a good place to eat on Gannan Road, which had both face and money, and invited several villagers to sit with him for dinner. Five people broke up, and the cups and plates were messy. The checkout actually cost nearly 1,000 yuan. Of course, Wan Yan not only got the bill, but also returned to his hometown. Wan Yan is keenly aware that his hometown people think he has become better than before.
In Liu Ranran's view, in fact, too many leftovers on the table are related to businesses. For large banquets such as wedding banquets, merchants generally provide various sets of dishes, and consumers cannot change dishes. Whether they are interested in the taste or not, they have to accept it completely and choose the guests who are afraid of being invited. There is something wrong with it. "People don't feel that the guests are stingy." If you choose a higher price, it is inevitable that the dishes will be wasted if they have money. Besides, this place is crowded with leftovers. Who wants to pack it?
Although the relevant departments require the catering industry not to set minimum consumption standards, there are still a few people who set minimum consumption standards in some high-end restaurant boxes. The lobby manager of a catering company said that their box was very popular. If the minimum consumption is not restricted, some consumers may enter the box to save face, which is also a waste of restaurant box resources. The manager admits that the lowest consumption price of the box will objectively lead to the tendency to order too many dishes or more expensive dishes.
Compared with restaurants, the food waste of individual families belongs to the type of "running water", and many people don't know it. Dan has the habit of buying food. He wants two copies of everything. He has been scolded by his wife for this, but he just can't change it. Once on New Year's Day, the company issued a shopping card. Dan thought that his son would eat eggs every day, so he went to the supermarket to pick the most expensive free-range eggs. He took two boxes first, and when he saw that there were two boxes left on the shelf, he took all four boxes. However, the shelf life of fresh eggs at room temperature is about one month. Finally, a box of eggs went into the trash can. Dan said that every time I clean the refrigerator, I find a lot of expired food and have to throw it away.
Shanen comes from the countryside. He said that his hometown is like this, and the standard of inviting guests to dinner has not been upgraded from "eat well" to "eat well". Even if it is upgraded, the standard of inspection will be until you can't eat any more. Dane said that his mother still keeps this habit: every time she cooks, there will be some left over. Dane also reminded his mother, but her mother always said, "I'm always afraid you won't have enough to eat." Dan thinks that, in his mother's view, the remaining half bowl of rice is finally fed to the chickens or pigs at home, which is not a waste.
3. Waste, and what we don't know
According to the survey data of Lanzhou Statistics Department, in the first seven months of 20 12 years, the total turnover of catering industry above designated size in Lanzhou was 176 billion yuan, up by 24% year-on-year, of which the turnover of catering industry was115 billion yuan. With the improvement of living standards of urban and rural residents and the acceleration of the pace of life, the number of people eating out and reuniting with relatives and friends has gradually increased, and holiday consumption and wedding consumption have become the driving points to promote the rapid growth of Lanzhou catering industry consumption.
According to media reports, the total amount of grain wasted in China is about 50 billion Jin of grain every year, which is almost equal to110 of China's total grain output. According to conservative calculation, China consumers only dump at least about 200 million people's food or rations every year in the catering consumption of restaurants above medium scale. This "waste on the tip of the tongue" is not only a waste of food, but also a waste of resources. According to some data, the expert group of China Agricultural University systematically analyzed the protein and fat of 2,700 tables of leftovers in large, medium and small cities of different sizes. It is conservatively estimated that in 2007-2008 alone, China wasted 8 million tons of food protein, which is equivalent to the annual demand of 260 million people.
Waste of food is not unique to China. According to FAO statistics, about 1/3 (about1.300 million tons) of food produced worldwide is wasted every year. European and American countries waste 95- 1 15 kg of grain per person per year, while Asian and African countries waste 6- 1 1 kg of grain per person per year. Although China is not the most wasteful, China has always had a tradition of thrift, and this kind of waste cannot but arouse people's deep thoughts.
4. Table manners we should have.
In order to resist the waste of dining tables and advocate civilized, economical and healthy eating habits, Chengguan District of Lanzhou City has launched the civilized dining table action since May 20 12. Signs of civilized dining table action were placed at the entrance of the pilot catering units and canteens, and the slogan of "civilized dining, frugality and cherish happiness" was hung in the lobby. A sign with the words "Who knows Chinese food is difficult" is hung in the canteen, and the tables are uniformly placed. Through persistent publicity and advocacy, a new concept of diet has been established, from "saving face" to "emphasizing truth", from "stressing ostentation and extravagance" to "seeking health", which has formed a strong frugal fashion in the whole society.
2013,65438125, Chengguan District Civilization Office issued a proposal for "civilized dining table", focusing on star-rated hotels, urban restaurants, school (unit) canteens and other catering units, actively promoting the knowledge and behavior of dining table civilization, and vigorously advocating a good atmosphere of "reasonable ordering without leftovers" to cultivate healthy civilization.
In addition to publicity, the Civilization Office of Chengguan District also strongly encourages customers to pack unused meals. Hotels and canteens should provide free environmentally-friendly packaged lunch boxes and carry out "packaging courtesy" activities. It is understood that since the civilized dining table action was launched in Chengguan District, 30 key catering enterprises and 26,000 waiters have participated in it. Since the launch of the activity, more than 77 catering enterprises, 3,742 individual catering owners and the general public have been distributed with the publicity materials112,000 copies. Restaurants in this area reduced about 200 tons of swill, and the number of packaged customers increased by 55%.
Some restaurants have explicitly asked waiters to remind customers how much to eat, and some restaurants have begun to change their sales methods and provide half or small portions of food for customers to choose from, which is not only conducive to saving, but also gives customers more choices.
Carrying out civilized dining table action can't be limited to form. Only when everyone takes action to change those bad eating habits will the civilized dining table get closer and closer to us. Since the Anti-Japanese War, officers and men of our two armies have not had enough to eat (except for the five main forces of the national army).
Small and thin, two or three soldiers often can't beat a Japanese aggressor on the battlefield.
What is this? Not enough to eat ! !
When the national army is not fighting, it is fashionable and has two meals.
Communist party member without government supply is even worse, and sometimes you can't even drink porridge!
How to train when you are hungry?
Insufficient training will inevitably lead to poor combat effectiveness.
The contrast between the national army and the Japanese aggressors is 25 1!
What a terrible war this is!
In Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek stamped his feet and wept bitterly for this deadly war.
The worst thing in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is the Anti-Union Movement.
Fight cruelly in the cold of MINUS 30 or 40 degrees
Often do not have enough to eat.
The unforgettable General Yang Jingyu.
On the 16th day of the first month, the traditional Lantern Festival in China,
When everyone is sitting around a hot kang eating Yuanxiao and jiaozi.
General Yang Jingyu hasn't eaten a bite of food for more than half a month.
The conquered people have a firm belief and swear to death.
Chewing bark, grass roots and cotton wool, relying on magical bullets to deal with more than 600 enemies and bandits,
This weak body killed dozens of enemies and puppets in the last few days of its life.
Eventually outnumbered and killed in battle!
The enemy chief never understood what supported General Yang Jingyu to kill the enemy so bravely.
The result of autopsy made the Japanese aggressors and the doctors present cry!
There are only a few dead tree skins, straw sticks and cotton wool in the general's stomach! !
The enemy had to bow to the great General Yang Jingyu!
China was such a talented person that the Japanese invaders could not defeat him and eventually failed.
General Yang Jingyu should be an example of advocating frugality to the troops.
Call on soldiers to save every grain and vegetable,
Let the canteen play to the extreme.
We seized power, new China and Ran Ran rose,
The subsequent War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea,
Impose on us a more violent and cruel war than World War II-
Since there is no air force, how passive is the party that loses air superiority? Cold and hungry-
Soldiers of our Ninth Corps ambushed the moldy army ace in Changjin Lake.
However, due to the lack of food and cotton-padded clothes
Freeze to death before the war, freeze to death, freeze to death, freeze to death nearly 50 thousand veterans who came during the Anti-Japanese War!
Who is the best citizen of a country-the hundreds of thousands of veterans who would rather freeze to death than retreat on the bank of Changjin Lake!
In the subsequent strangulation war launched by Li Qiwei.
The logistics supply of volunteers fell into great panic;
Our soldiers can hardly supply fried noodles, let alone eat fresh vegetables? !
Due to long-term continuous fatigue fighting, vegetables and fruits lack vitamins for a long time.
What's more, our soldiers suffer from terrible night blindness because they can't rest and breathe!
Russian experts have exhausted the methods of western medicine and supplemented vitamin tablets, but to no avail.
This is a bolt from the blue for an army that has no air superiority and often relies on night battles and close combat to win!
Later, Chinese medicine asked Mr. Peng: What is the forefront of North Korea?
General manager Peng thought about it and said, pine tree!
Chinese medicine says that it is enough to boil water with pine bark, pine leaves and pine trees.
That day, the soldiers sawed the huge pine tree blown down by mold into small pieces to boil water, and a miracle appeared-
At night, the volunteers were vigorously inserted into the US military positions and fought to the death. China people waste as much as 200 billion yuan of food on the dining table every year, and the dumped food is equivalent to more than 200 million people's annual rations. In sharp contrast, China has more than 100 million rural poverty alleviation targets, tens of millions of urban poor people, and many other people in need. This "waste on the tip of the tongue" has attracted people's attention. Waste on the Tip of the Tongue is both folk and official. People go to restaurants to eat, and if they can't finish eating, they are directly abandoned in restaurants; At the same time, the wind of eating and drinking with public funds is prevalent and popular.
Folk garbage
There are many parties during the holiday season, so please invite more people to dinner, or you will lose face. Often lead to a lot of guests, not much to eat, a table of banquet on the waste of half.
According to a survey, a person consumes at least one kilogram of food every day, while a city of medium size or above wastes 64,000 kilograms of food a day, which can meet the daily rations of at least 60,000 people. [4] Waste on the tip of the tongue
Most people think it is economical to pack leftovers home when eating in restaurants. They say they will pack leftovers home. However, some people think that the packaging of leftovers depends on the situation, and it is common for relatives and friends to package leftovers after meals. However, whether raw and cold dishes will go bad, eating with unfamiliar people, being unfamiliar with other people's health, and not using public chopsticks will not choose to pack. Some citizens seldom pack and take away leftover food because they are "running out of food", "too much trouble" and "because of face".
Officialdom garbage
On the day of the housewarming celebration of Wang Qian Village, Qingshui Township, Shangrao County, Jiangxi Province, a national key poverty-stricken county, the car stopped at the roadside 200 meters, and there were two police cars among the 73 cars. There are 52 tables of banquets in the small playground and classroom in the village, and most of them are party and government cadres. A lot of public money is wasted between raising money and getting drunk. [5]
Public funds are popular to eat and drink, and everyone in it is easy to fall into Dickens paradox, knowing that public funds are not right to eat and drink, but they have to obey. However, this does not mean that public funds have some legitimacy when they eat and drink. On the contrary, this ethos of "knowing what is wrong but not doing it" is more harmful to society than eating and drinking with public funds itself, and it is the source of corruption for some cadres.
Dealing with folk garbage
The catering staff suggested that there should be more gatherings of relatives and friends during the festival. I hope that the public can order according to the number and demand, and don't waste too much because of "face". Two-thirds of these kitchen wastes are leftovers, which require a lot of manpower and financial resources to deal with and do great damage to the environment. [4]
Many citizens believe that most catering enterprises' ordering menus do not indicate the amount of meals, customers have no reference when ordering, and catering enterprises rarely stop it for more profits, so it is inevitable to order more. "The guest is proud, often three or four dishes a few people is enough, but ordered a big table. After the banquet, many dishes remained untouched. If the hotel has a special ordering reminder service, guests will order more rationally. " "Flexible management is also very important. If the number of diners is small, businesses should be allowed to appropriately adjust the weight of dishes or sell them in half. If there are leftovers, the waiter should remind the guests to pack. " [4]
At the same time, it is hoped that catering enterprises must provide free lunch boxes and packaging bags. Convenient for citizens to pack.
Dealing with official garbage
When strictly implementing the regulations, we should stop extravagance and waste. Without rules, there would be no Fiona Fang. Only a rigid system can cover the whole situation, only the order of the system is prohibited, only the "top leaders take the lead", only leading cadres take the lead, and the wind of eating and drinking can be stopped. After the promulgation of the eight regulations on improving work style and keeping close contact with the masses, the annual meeting unsubscribe tide in many places is proof. An effective rule to put an end to extravagance and waste is not to be overly tolerant of eating and drinking public funds, and not to let "waste on the tip of the tongue" become a gray area of supervision, which must be handled in accordance with relevant regulations. [5]
It is necessary to solidify frugality into administrative ethics. Thrift is a virtue, luxury is a vice, especially the operation of public power. Since it is a public act, we should always wake up from the police and examine ourselves at all times. Don't take eating and drinking public funds as a matter of course, as a "no big deal". Talking about work on the wine table and establishing contact in eating and drinking are all attempts to "take the right path instead of the right path". If it continues, it will damage fairness and lose principle. A clear understanding and resolute opposition to this bad habit should become the consensus of all cadres in party member and the unchangeable trend of the whole administrative system.
The United States treats garbage.
America is a big food waste country. According to an August statistic by the Natural Resources Defense Society of the United States, 2011000000 people will waste 20 pounds of food every month, and the total amount of food wasted by a family of four will reach 2275 dollars every year. 25% of food and drinks in American families will be thrown away, and almost half of food in restaurants and school canteens will be thrown away. Consumers often over-buy food in the form of large-scale discount promotion, and throw it away after eating it. Statistics show that waste exists not only in consumers, but also in all aspects from farm packaging and transportation to retail supermarket sales. Supermarkets regard damaged fresh fruits and vegetables as normal operating costs, which is the performance of ensuring quality. Statistics agencies say that the main reason for waste is that food is abundant and the price is cheap. In this way, people don't think that wasting food is for convenience and randomness. This kind of food waste not only wastes a lot of natural resources, causes pollution during processing, but also loses a lot of wealth, and has not yet begun to try to solve this waste phenomenon.
In Germany, the government can't invite people to dinner casually. The government's financial system is very strict and the reimbursement procedures are complicated. Even if it is an ordinary banquet, you should first fill out the application form for treating guests, specifying in detail who to invite, the approximate price and the purpose of treating guests, and then give it to the leader for signature. You can't treat guests until you approve them.
Finally, summarize yourself and say what is traditional virtue and so on.
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