Plate Waste Day-Nov 8! (Kinsolving)

It was very interesting seeing how much food people waste. I think this was an eye opening experience for me and others as well. I hope people will be more conscious of how much food they're actually wasting.

This experience was great, everyone was great and helpful. The event was insightful and downright fun.

You really get to see how much goes into being wasted

Upon meeting and having breakfast with other volunteers and UT Green Corps members, we lined up tables in front of the dishwasher assembly line along with an information stand where students can win prizes for answering trivia questions about the awareness of excess in the community. I, alongside with students who were helping out for a lab, received 'finished' meals from the students in the Kinsolving and separated edible foods from liquids into containers. Through the trivia questions, students interested in how much food was being wasted were quizzed and informed about the reality of our world.
The food collected from students after three hours was then measured to visualize the amount that food is wasted in one location at one time interval in one university. Though I had to leave early, it was interesting to see how much food becomes wasted.
Students were, in a way, shamed for throwing away their food; I even saw a student, who was in line to drop off their plates, realize what was going on and decide to finish their food and drink so that there would be nothing to dispose off.
Essentially, I feel like I made an impact in the community because groups and organizations like these provide a visual representation for what we are misusing or throwing away, effectively motivating people to rethink about their actions.