As part of a six-week community initiative inspired to raise awareness of food waste in Singapore, Electrolux conducted a food waste at home survey with 1,000 respondents of ages between 18-65 from Singapore and the results are astounding (at least to me)!
Almost 1 out of 3 respondents refuse to eat leftovers!
What’s wrong with these people? Unless you cook in perfect portions that are just right for the number of people at the table, it’s impossible not to have leftovers. The fact that a third of the respondents can choose not to eat leftovers clearly shows that Singapore has a food wastage problem on our hands.
65% of the respondents don’t reuse leftovers as tomorrow’s ingredients
I was kind of surprised at this because using leftovers for the next day’s work lunch was the biggest money-saving contributor to my monthly food budget. The Curry Chicken with Rice dinner that my mum cooked last night becomes ......