paul ganders piece about how packaging can be helpful to minimize food waste protection packet, january 2008 raised the remarkable question of whether extended shelflife would transform into reduced food waste. paul says that he doesn&rsquot believe it necessarily would minimize the food waste. he says that, generally, it is not like that the consumers run out of time before they can eat the food they have purchased. on the other hand, it is like they lose their interest in the food that is lying in the in the fridge for so long.