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Published on: 2020-08-14
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China has stepped up measures to reduce food waste, after President Xi called the amount wasted "shocking and distressing".
 

The "Clean Plate Campaign" comes after Mr Xi highlighted that Covid-19 had "sounded the alarm" on food waste.
 

It also comes after weeks of mass flooding across southern China which left farms wrecked and ruined tons of produce.
 

Following Mr Xi's message, the Wuhan Catering Industry Association urged restaurants in the city to limit the number of dishes served to diners - implementing a system where groups must order one dish less than the number of diners.
 

So under this system dubbed "N-1", a group of 10 people can only order 9 dishes.
 

But it's likely the system will take time to get adjusting to, in a country where it is seen as polite to order more than the amount needed.
 

In a group setting, empty plates are sometimes seen as a sign of a bad host - signifying that an insufficient amount of food was ordered for guests.
 

The "N-1" idea faced some criticism online, with some pointing out that it was "too rigid".
 

"What if one person goes to a restaurant alone? How many dishes can he order? Zero?" asked one person on microblogging site Weibo.
 

Others said that most restaurant diners did not normally waste much food, pointing instead to extravagant banquets thrown by officials.
 

It's not the first time China has launched an anti food waste campaign. In 2013, the "Operation Empty Plate" campaign was launched - though that targeted extravagant feasts and reception held by officials, rather than putting the onus on the public.
 

“光盘行动”

告别“舌尖上的浪费”,各地有新动态。截至8月13日,全国31省份餐饮相关协会均已发出倡议,制止餐饮浪费行为,弘扬节约美德。
 

北京、上海等地倡议引导理性消费

8月12日,北京烹饪协会、北京市餐饮行业协会向全市餐饮行业和广大消费者发出倡议。提倡绿色消费,珍惜粮食,注重膳食均衡,合理搭配菜品,不误导消费者超量点餐,倡议餐饮企业提供“半份、半价”“小份、适价”服务方式,倡导“光盘行动”;带头不使用一次性餐具,提供环保打包服务。
 

江苏、天津对“光盘”顾客予以适当奖励

8月12日,天津餐饮协会和饭店协会分别向餐饮商家发出倡议,两份倡议书中都提到了希望有条件的企业对“光盘就餐”的顾客予以适当奖励,鼓励顾客将剩菜剩饭打包带回家,并提供免费打包盒。
 

9省10市倡议推行N-1点用餐模式

8月11日,武汉餐饮业协会发布倡议书,推行N-1点餐模式,即10位进餐客人只能点9个人的菜,不够再增加菜品,确保顾客吃好的同时,从源头杜绝餐饮浪费。
 

8月12日,黑龙江、福州、太原、赣州、株洲、达州、巢湖等7地也发布倡议,推行N-1点餐模式。

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