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Aakanksha Bhatia: Eco-Cooks Unite — Transforming Leftovers and Reducing Waste | On the House #63

·1 hr 13 min·2 clips
My research found that 90% of people had no idea how much food they were actually wasting.
Akansha Bhatti, a doctoral researcher on household food waste, discusses the paradox of food waste amid global food insecurity. The episode explores why people waste food despite spending hard-earned money on it, examining behavioral factors like lack of awareness, urbanization effects, and the need for intentional behavior change through courses and education.

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Food waste gets easier to tackle when labels, habits, and kitchen prompts line up.

It frames food waste as a problem of daily habits and plain reading, with Gabriella Jastra and Akansha Bhatti walking through how people shop, what best before and used by labels mean, and how leftovers can stay in use.

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You want to make leftovers easier to use before they become waste.

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