What it means to be a responsible consumer means that you are not     throwing away your food you’re eating it all and take how much you think  you need because. If you don’t do things like that people may see you throw away food and may think you are a waste full person. And people are homeless and if you throw away food you haven’t even touched that can make people think your a waste full also. Also people in like africa have not had food in maybe a couple of days. So this means not to waste food and eat what you get and be thankful for it.