Blog # 20
My guess is that more than 10% of the
food our hospitals and clinics prepared for its staff, patients and visitors goes into the garbage, and that waste was sent to a landfill. Because food that
rots in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas, hospitals have
even more of an obligation to implement food waste-reduction practices. There
are many different ways nurses can participate in addressing food waste in
their hospital setting, these includes but are not limited to Look at options
for tracking and measuring patients' food waste, including automated systems
from vendors. trim menus of the least popular items to reduce waste, donate
leftover food whenever possible making sure to adhere to safety protocols and consider
composting what's left over. Food waste can ground and dehydrated into a fine,
dry tobacco like material that the hospital can use to enrich the soil in its
flower beds. Finally, hospitals receiving food donations from philanthropist, should
considering offer a free lunch and or dinner for the staff on duty, or additional
excess to salvation army for the less privileged residents in their community
Great ideas Chika!
ReplyDeleteHi Chika,
ReplyDeleteI like your ideas about food waste and reduction,especially using leftovers for the hospital's staff. This is an economic and conservative way to prevent food wastes. I also agree that hospitals have the greatest amount of wastes that can be preventable by trimming menus of the least popular items. I also think that limit the amount of standard items that are put on the patient's food trays, that may not be used and cannot be recycled due to the hospital's strict quality measures.