Every year the planet loses 30 percent of its food, which is an astonishing 1.4 billion tons. This issue is faced by every developing and developed countries in the world. Food waste continues to grow at a rapid pace as population increases. The numerous causes of food waste occur at the stages of production, processing and retailing. Food waste is a highly critical issue that affects the world and many should understand the consequences this issue has on the environment. In Henry Thoreau’s
amount of food waste per year but there is not much being done to fix the matter. Action needs to be taken now for the sake of everyone. Aseaward from Cuboulder Sustain Food quotes S.R. Nina from an article in the libraries of Colorado that “the United States wastes approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food each year, which is equivalent to 40% of our total food produced (Nina, 2010).” Due to the millions of people starving every day and the bad effects that it has on the environment, food waste needs
and wants readily available to us. The food industry is a one of many examples of this mass manufacturing evolution, going from food being made over camp fires to being made in huge factory pumping out fathoming quantities of product. With this evolution comes the downfall of waste. Food waste is not always avoidable but in some cases the waste is necessary as some things are not safe for consumption after undergoing certain processes. But no matter the waste product some form of use should be found
and wants readily available to us. The food industry is one of many examples of this mass manufacturing evolution, going from food being made over campfires to being made in huge factory pumping out fathoming quantities of product. With this evolution comes the downfall of waste. Food waste is not always avoidable but in some cases, the waste is necessary as some things are not safe for consumption after undergoing certain processes. But no matter the waste product some form of use should be found
Food waste is an issue that needs to be addressed right away. It is a continuing problem which plays a major role in harming the economy and the environment. The amount of food waste in America has increased by fifty percent in the last forty years. There has been minor effort: buying only the amount of food that will be eaten and feeding animals with unwanted food. These efforts, however, cannot affect America on a scale that the government can. The government should take actions and levy tax on
Food Waste If someone in the U.S buys 90 watermelons, how many of those watermelons will he throw away by the end of the week? According to organizations like the Food and Agricultural organization, one-third. Now 30 watermelons out of 90 are already is a wasteful example, but when considering the effect of the total amount around not only in the U.S but most developed countries food waste, it's an insane and ridiculous amount of loss. The effects of food waste have huge impacts, not only
Food waste is a tremendous problem in the United States in which many people seek the solution for. Leftover food is thrown into trash cans and dumpsters by the tons. Not only is food waste a problem around the United States, but a problem on many college campuses. There are many students, professors, and campus organizations continuously studying and searching for the most effective way to reduce the amount of waste that students contribute to the overall waste statistics of the country. A simple
ICAM- 401 Food waste project. Name – Ashvini Thanthrimudali Student number- 300908825 Food waste is a world-wide issue facing the human race since the middle ages and it is a shame for human kind and for the environment. In the world, 1/3 of the annual food productions ends up in the trash. That billion tons of food is enough to feed 12% of the world population 4 times and it is billions of money simply thrown away. In North America every year each person wastes 498 of square metres of
Food waste is also very much an economic waste. The economic loss is said to be somewhere between 780 billion and one trillion dollars each year (Hoek, 2017). This is a tremendous loss of money. The close to one trillion dollars wasted could go towards feeding the eight million people who suffer from food insecurity on a daily basis (Hoek, 2017). Food loss and waste also lessen the “economic value of the food produced” (Gustavsson et al., 2011, p. 1). This hurts farmer livelihood since the increased
Different definitions of food waste with respect to the complexities of food supply chains are discussed. Background information on how food is wasted is provided. Food waste in the global food chain is reviewed in relation to the prospects for feeding a population of nine billion by 2050. A significant gap exists in the understanding of the food waste implications in the economy of the developing countries. For affluent economies, post-consumer food waste accounts for the greatest overall losses