Stop Food Waste Day 2025

At Our Fashion Fix, we usually talk about what’s in your wardrobe - but today, we’re talking about what’s in your fridge. Stop Food Waste Day is a global movement to raise awareness about one of the biggest (and most overlooked) climate issues we face: food waste.

Each year, around one-third of all food produced globally is wasted. That’s about 1.3 billion tonnes of perfectly good food that never gets eaten. It’s a staggering statistic, especially when you consider the resources behind every bite - water, land, labour, packaging, and energy. Wasting food means wasting all of that too.

Conscious Consumption Isn’t Just About Clothes

We often talk about conscious consumption in the context of fashion - buying less, buying better, and understanding where your garments come from. But that mindset applies to everything we consume, including what’s on our plates.

Because here’s the thing: fashion and food have more in common than you might think.

Both industries are tied to agriculture, land use, water, global transport, and human labour. And both are affected by the same sustainability challenges: overproduction, broken supply chains, and a throwaway culture.

Just as we don’t want clothes ending up in landfill, we don’t want food going there either.

5 Ways to Stop Food Waste

1. Shop with a plan – Just like building a capsule wardrobe, know what you actually need before you buy.

2. Use what you have – Challenge yourself to cook with the ingredients you’ve already got (think of it like styling from your existing closet).

3. Store food properly – A bit like caring for delicate fabrics - treat your food with respect to make it last.

4. Celebrate leftovers – Reinvent yesterday’s dinner the way you’d rework an old outfit with different accessories.

5. Compost what you can – When it’s truly the end of the road, make sure it feeds the soil, not the bin.

Small Habits, Big Impact

Fighting food waste isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being more aware, more intentional, and more respectful of the effort it takes to grow, transport, and prepare what we eat.

It’s the same mindset we apply to the fashion industry: slow down, use what you have, and think before you throw.

So, whether you’re shopping for dinner or a new outfit, ask yourself - what do I really need, and what can I use better?

That’s conscious living, from the inside out.