Why mention "Clean Your Plate Campaign" again?, Today's life | leftovers | CDs
After the end of business, managers, chefs, and waiters will conduct consultations on leftovers that customers have not taken away, analyze the reasons for customer leftovers, and improve their service in the future. This is an idea that a restaurant in Shanghai came up with to avoid food waste. Over the years, the whole city has been implementing the requirements of "Clean Your Plate Campaign" in various ways, whether it is government offices, schools, restaurants or families.
Recently, when we talked about the "Clean Your Plate Campaign", some people around us may have doubts: for a long time, food saving has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, why should we emphasize this matter now?
Everything is leisurely, and eating is the most important thing. Solving the problem of eating well has always been a major issue in governing the country, and the importance of saving food is self-evident. From this perspective, there is no shortage of publicity for "Clean Your Plate Campaign" at any time.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs once gave a set of figures: China's 1.4 billion population consumes 700000 tons of grain, 98000 tons of oil, 1.92 million tons of vegetables, and 230000 tons of meat every day with just one mouth. Perhaps some people feel that wasting a little bit is not a big deal, but over time, if everyone has to waste a little bit every meal, the total is an immeasurable astronomical number. So, every thrift in daily life is tightening the fence of food security. At the same time, the large amount of kitchen waste generated from waste is also a secondary consumption of resources when treated.
The truth that every meal on the plate is hard, even kindergarten children are well aware of it. But we see that food waste is still difficult to eliminate in some situations, and bad habits such as overeating, showing off, and showing off are still present. For example, in some banquets, some people still believe that if the food is eaten up, it is "ordered less", appearing stingy to the host. Therefore, in order to save face, they would rather order more than leave. It seems that as long as the food is paid for by themselves, it can be wasted arbitrarily, even if the merchant reminds and persuades, they cannot listen. If such extravagance spreads to the dining tables of public officials, it is likely to become a breeding ground for corruption.
Now we talk about "Clean Your Plate Campaign", not only to save food, but also to continuously improve the civilization of a family, a collective and even the whole society. Looking back at the past wise countries and families, we can see that extravagance and waste not only deviate from the fine tradition of diligence, frugality, and thrift of the Chinese nation, but also have the potential to corrupt the party, government, and social conduct. To put it bluntly, whether we can uphold the spirit of hard work and struggle is also a major issue related to the success or failure of the cause of the Party and the people.
Therefore, the "Clean Your Plate Campaign" cannot be just a short-term action, nor just a passing fad. Today, the "CD-ROM" is left, tomorrow is left, people are thrifty, and private indulgence. The key is to persistently and persistently, to fundamentally change the concepts and atmosphere of society.
The cultivation of any good habit, and even the formation of a good trend, requires efforts from multiple aspects such as individual consciousness, environmental influence, and institutional constraints. In 2021, the Anti Food Waste Law was promulgated and implemented, and various regions and departments have also introduced policy measures to guide people to consume healthily and rationally, and to punish wasteful behavior accordingly, achieving certain results. In the future, further regulation and improvement are still needed at the level of institutional protection.
Relevant management departments also need to take more targeted, operational, and guiding measures, strengthen supervision and inspection, and rectify wasteful behavior. Merchants can provide consumers with more choices such as small portions, or consider appropriate rewards for frugal behavior. Only with the continuous joint efforts of the whole society, can a culture of diligence, thrift, and frugality, as well as a healthy and green lifestyle, be truly formed, and "waste on the tip of the tongue" can be fundamentally eliminated.
