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Household Food-Waste Observation Diary

See the repeated cause before choosing the fix

Fifteen minutes to begin one household decision; actual task time variesFree · Two-page fillable PDF

Companion to Find the Food You Keep Throwing Away Before Changing the Menu.

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Hypothetical example: Unused recipe ingredients appear after a second meal is cancelled, so the adults test a smaller planned purchase.

01Watch the bin before blaming the menu

Choose the observation days and an honest quantity method.

02Make the observation repeatable

Record actual discarded items and known circumstances.

03Choose a cause the record actually supports

Select one supported cause and one prevention experiment.

04Review the next comparable days

Compare later entries and decide what the evidence supports.

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