What is food wastage? Simply put, it means throwing away food which could have been eaten by oneself or by others. This could happen for various reasons – buying more than needed, or because it has been too long on the dining table. We are all guilty of pushing older food to the back the fridge or cupboard and placing fresh food in front.

They are known to have cradled civilisations, all over the world. They bathed, fed and helped carry humans. What are we talking about? Rivers, of course! With a twist to their modern profile, though, today they also serve as water suppliers for grand industries…

The inability to provide safe drinking water to communities features at the very top of our list of developmental failures, with the disastrous consequence of high mortality rates. In 1996, the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that each year, more than five million human beings died from illnesses linked to unsafe drinking water. It is further estimated that, by 2020, 135 million people will die from water-related diseases unless they are not only provided adequate water but access to clean drinking water.