Think Outside the Trash

By Farheen Syed and Juliana Jamal

This book provides people with intelligent frameworks for managing their food waste, including new and old sustainability concepts, real-life data over 1.5 years while targeting the current mindset and behavior of an individual. The book introduces a New level of awareness using the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sustainability Intelligence Group
• Release date: Aug 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9780648583721

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THINK OUTSIDE THE TRASH

A Guide to Make Your Food Waste Work for You

Farheen Syed and Juliana Jamal

Copyright © 2022 by Farheen Syed and Juliana Jamal. All rights reserved.

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Dedication

To God Almighty who blessed us with the motivation and perseverance to produce this book.

To the reader who decided to take their food waste management to the next level.

To the food waste organisations, Sustainability Intelligence Group tribe and individuals who are contributing in this area, and also to the food waste champions of the future.

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank the following for their contribution to this book:

God Almighty for this cause that allows us to make a difference in service to humanity.

The more than 100 friends and sustainability conscious individuals in our Sustainability Sisters Tribe Facebook Group who contributed to weekly food waste discussions.

The responsible individuals who attended our monthly Sustainability Sunday Talks and contributed to the discussions of food waste, especially in their own kitchens.

The volunteers who agreed to pilot our Foodprint Training program and provided feedback regarding the material and the topic.

The Government agencies, councils, non-profit organisations and businesses who are working towards solving food waste management problems.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: The Impact of Food Waste

Chapter 2: Defining Food Waste

Chapter 3: Waste Awareness

Chapter 4: Circular Thinking: A New Level of Consciousness

Chapter 5: Household Waste Intelligence

Chapter 6: Government Initiatives on the Food Waste Problem

Chapter 7: The SIG FoodPrint Training Program

Appendix

About the Authors

Chapter 1: The Impact of Food Waste

In late 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres raised alarm bells by stating that there is now a point of no return on climate change. He says it is in sight and hurtling toward us. Thirteen other respondents to the Forum’s Global Risks Perception Survey also sounded similar alarm bells. For the first time in the history of the survey, environmental concerns dominated the top long-term risks.The Forum’s multi-stakeholder network rates biodiversity loss as the second most impactful and third most likely risk over the next decade (Global Risk Report, World Economic Forum, 2020).

In today’s world, food waste is causing so many problems. It is causing climate change, our world is getting warmer with each passing day, and plastic waste can take up to 450 years to decompose in landfill. Have you ever wondered why this is happening, and where all your waste ends up? And what could be the solution? If we diagnose this issue deeply, we will begin to see how our actions are damaging the environment in which we live. It is high time we started looking into our own behaviours and how they are impacting our surroundings.

Juliana and Farheen, two responsible global citizens, created the Sustainable Intelligence Group (SIG) which seeks to prevent food waste in household kitchens through monthly Sustainability Sunday talks and the Foodprint Training Program, along with this book.

SIG was established in late 2020 to create a tribe of lifelong learners with sound food waste management skills and build powerful sustainable practices around the globe.

Farheen Amjad (Farheen Syed) is an award-winning speaker, entrepreneur, best-selling author, High Performance Success Coach and a passionate philanthropist. She is the co-founder and GM of award-winning Australian Tech company ORATEL Network Solutions, as well as founder and CEO of her coaching business Guidelix. She loves to solve complex problems for humanity and create