We've all kept the leftover remnants of a meal thinking we'll use it but inevitably throwing it out after it has sat too long in the fridge.
With developed countries wasting up to 40% of their food, sharing your leftovers seems like a sensible solution.
Not only is throwing away food a waste of resources but others in your neighbourhood may well benefit from what you can't use.
"Foodsharing is still on the edges of mainstream", acknowledges Newman co-founder of Seattle's Leftoverswap company. I think there's a large part of the population that want to do their best to share the resources we have."
"Food waste has become a very hot topic here, and at the same time the sharing economy has boomed".
Read more about Newman's food economy ideas here:
www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/free-food-sharing-leftovers-surplus-local-popular Would you eat your neighbour's leftovers as a way to make best use of food resources or does the 'yuck' factor mean the hygiene and quality is just too unknown, making the leftovers of strangers just too much to swallow?
Would you take the time to box up your leftovers and offer them for use by those in your local community?
With high levels of food waste as well as many living below the poverty line do we have an obligation to make better use of our food?
What do you think?
It is proposed that should a food sharing scheme be set up in my neighbourhood I would likely participate