Bangaphezu kuka-6,000 abantu abaqede uchungechunge lokuqeqeshwa olugxile ekuzinzeni olwamukelwa emazweni angaphezu kweshumi nambili.
Uhlelo lwe-Hotel Kitchen, ubambiswano phakathi kwe-World Wildlife Fund (WWF) kanye ne-American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), luphawula iminyaka emihlanu yokulwa nokulahlwa kokudla kulo nyaka. Lolu hlelo lusebenzisana nemboni yezokuvakasha lisebenzisa amasu amasha okubandakanya abasebenzi, ozakwethu kanye nezivakashi ekunqandeni udoti emakhishini amahhotela.
Ngokuvimbela imfucuza yokudla ukuthi ingenzeki ezindaweni zabo, ukunikela ngokudla okweqile okusaphephile ukuthi abantu bakudle futhi kuphambukise okusele kude nezindawo zokulahla imfucumfucu, amahhotela abambe iqhaza ohlelweni lwe-Hotel Kitchen anciphe ngamaphesenti angama-38 emfucumfucu yokudla emasontweni ayi-12 nje kuphela. . Ukuchithwa kokudla kwenzeka ngenkathi abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-41, kuhlanganise nezingane eziyizigidi ezingu-13, bengenakho ukudla, futhi kubeka enye yezinsongo ezinkulu zemvelo emhlabeni.
“Ukunciphisa ukungcola kokudla akugcini nje ngokunciphisa imboni yezemvelo futhi kusiza ukulwa nendlala emhlabeni, kodwa kuthinta ngokuqondile umgomo wamahhotela ethu, kuthinta abasebenzi futhi kuqinisa ubuhlobo namakhasimende ethu,” kusho u-Chip Rogers, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-AHLA. “Eminyakeni edlule, amahhotela enze inqubekelaphambili emangalisayo ekwehliseni ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yethu; ukuthola ngokuzibophezela; kanye nokunciphisa ukudla, amandla kanye nokuchithwa kwamanzi. Umsebenzi wamalungu ethu ne-Hotel Kitchen uyisibonelo nje semizamo eminingi yokusimamisa eyenziwa kuyo yonke imboni yezokuvakasha.”
“Ngesikhathi siqala uhlelo lwe-Hotel Kitchen eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule, sasazi ukuthi imboni yezokuvakasha kanye nezokungcebeleka isesimweni esihle ukuze yenze umthelela omkhulu ekulweni nokulahlwa kokudla,” kusho uPete Pearson, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Food Loss and Waste kwaWorld Wildlife Fund. . “Ngokubandakanya wonke amazinga emboni yokwamukela izihambi, kusukela kubanikazi bamahhotela kuya ezivakashini, singasungula kabusha amasiko okudla acabanga ngokuzidela okuningi esikwenzayo ukuze sikhulise futhi silethe ukudla okuhlanganisa ukulahleka kwezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, ukusetshenziswa komhlaba, amanzi namandla. Singawuhlonipha lo mhlatshelo ngokunciphisa imfucuza.”
Ikhishi Lehhotela linikeze abanikazi bamahhotela izinsiza eziningi, okuhlanganisa nezindlela zokuxhumana ngokulahlwa kokudla ezivakashini; izifundo ezivela ezakhiweni eziye zanciphisa ukulahlwa kokudla ngohlelo; kanye nekhithi yamathuluzi ebika ngokutholakele okubalulekile, izinqubo ezingcono kakhulu nezinyathelo ezilandelayo zokubhekana nokumosha ukudla. Ngo-2021, i-Greenview, i-WWF kanye neqoqo lamahhotela amakhulu kunawo wonke basungula izindlela zokukala imfucuza yamahhotela, kanye namasu omkhiqizo nezinkampani ezibhekana nokulahlwa kokudla kuwo wonke umkhakha wezokwamukela izihambi kanye nensizakalo yokudla ziyaqhubeka ziqondiswa yi-Hotel Kitchen.
Ngokujoyina impi yokulwa nokulahlwa kokudla, amahhotela aseMelika anciphisa indawo yawo yemvelo. Ngokungeziwe ekuncishisweni okukhulu kokusetshenziswa kwamanzi namandla kuwo wonke umkhakha, i-AHLA namalungu ayo yenze izibopho eziphawulekayo zokunciphisa udoti nomthombo ngokuzibophezela ngezinhlelo ezintsha nokusebenzisana njenge-Hotel Kitchen. Ngesonto eledlule, ukuze iqhubeke nokuqinisa imizamo yayo yokusimama, i-AHLA yamemezela ubudlelwano obukhulu neSustainable Hospitality Alliance, lapho izinhlangano zizosebenzela ukukhulisa, ukusebenzisana nokweseka izinhlelo nezisombululo zomunye nomunye.
