Rick Rahim from Virginia flies helicopters for a living, and when his seven-year-old son's tooth became loose he did not waste time by tying it to a door handle.
Since much of this energy comes from the utilisation of fossil fuels, wastage of food potentially contributes to unnecessary global warming as well as inefficient resource utilisation.
Planning ahead should eliminate wastage, but if you have surplus vegetables you'll do a vegetable soup, and all fruits threatening to "go off" will be cooked or juiced.
Since much of this energy comes from the utilization of fossil fuels, wastage of food potentially contributes to unnecessary global warming as well as inefficient resource utilization.