Ko ngā kai ka whakaputaina, ka hokona rānei e te tangata, e te whānau, e te ahuwhenua, e te ahumāra, e te umanga, e wai ake rānei, engari kāore e kainga. Ka waiho noa kia pirau, ka tukuna rānei ki te pū wairākau, ki reira pōpopo ai. Ko tā ētahi, he tuku i te kai moumou ki te ruapara, ā, ko te hua kino o tērā mahi, ko te puta o te mewaro (CH4), tētahi haurehu kati mahana ki te kōhauhau. Mēnā kāore anō kia tīmata te pōpopo o te kai, ka taea tonuhia te toha ki te hapori, te whakamahi hei whakaputa kai mā te kararehe, te tukatuka anō rānei hei kai kē atu, hei inu kē atu rānei. Ka kīia tēnei ko te taumanu kai.
Food that is produced or purchased by a person or family, by the agriculture and horticulture industries, by companies, or other groups, but is not eaten. It is left instead to rot or is put into the compost heap where it decays. Food waste disposed to landfill results in the detrimental release of methane (CH4), (a greenhouse gas) to the atmosphere. If the food hasn't begun decomposing, it can still be distributed to the community, used to produce animal feed, or reprocessed into other food or beverage products. This is referred to as food rescue.
E whai ana te kura i tētahi kaupapa whakaiti i te moumou kai a ngā ākonga.
Nāna i rangahau te nui o te moumou kai i ia wāhanga o te ara tukutuku kai.