Hello everyone!
We found a collaboration with Praveena, she comes from India.
We answered the questions for swiss weddings and Praveena answered the questions for indian weddings. We agreed with her to exchange the following questions:
- What is food wastage?
When you cook for all the people of the wedding and after the wedding you have some food left which you put into the bin instead of using it again on another day.
- How is food wastage and swiss weddings related?
The preparations and the amounts for the food run with the mind.
- What happens to the leftover food in swiss weddings?
They give the leftover food either to the people who participate at the wedding or throw it away into the bin.
- What is the average amount of food waste?
We can’t say this exactly but across Switzerland a total of 2.6 million tons of food are lost each year.
- How is it linked with climate change?
You need a lot of energy to produce food and that is really damaging for the environment. When we just throw it away, it is even more wastage of energy.
- What is people’s call on this? How are they discarding the waste generated in present scenario?
It depends on the person. Everyone reacts different to this scenario. Some are more interested in this topic than the others and some want to do something against it. When they cook dinner and have some food left and eat it on the next day and throw it away.
- What can be some alternatives to wastage generated?
Maybe calculate the amount of food better and think realistic by planning the menus. Another alternative is to give the leftover food to people who haven’t enough food.
- Why isn’t the quantity restricted to as much as required?
Because the caterings don’t want to be bad and in case of that have enough food for weddings.
- Was the idea of limiting expenditure of swiss weddings right or wrong?
Wrong, because in the end everyone should make his or her wedding as much perfect as they want and it is one of the wonderful celebration of your life!
Best wishes,
Julia and Selina