Top 10 countries that waste food

[Star Wars]

1. United States of America

Did you know that this country which claims to be economically number one in the world is also in the number one position to waste food. Food wasted by Americans is 760 kilograms per person per year.

2. Australia

Food wasted by Australians is 690 kilograms per person per year main reason being over shopping.

3. Denmark

Food wasted by the people is Denmark is 660 kilograms per person per year. The undertaking “stop wasting food in Denmark” is guiding principle to the Danes on how to evade wastage.

4. Switzerland

The Food wasted by Swiss is 650 kilograms per person per year.

5. Canada

The food wasted by Canadians is estimated to be 640 kilograms per person per year.

6. Norway

The quantity of food wasted by Norwegians is estimated to be 620 kilograms per person per year.

7. The Netherlands

The quantity of food wasted by Dutch is 610 kilograms per person per year.

8. Austria

The quantity of food wasted by Austrians is 560 kilograms per person per year.

9. The United Kingdom

The quantity of food wasted by Britons is 560 kilograms per person per year.

10. Ireland

Ireland wastes the same quantity of food as UK. The estimated figure is 560 kilograms per person per yea


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and to think some morons from these countries brag about the poverty in asia

 

[Abii]

They waste their food b/c their food is garbage lmao

Look at the list of countries ffs!

99 cent pizza in down town ftw (Canadian cuisine lmao)

 

[Jasongt]

go tell this news to African kids and ask them about west's democracy...

 

[Marshmallow]

go tell this news to African kids and ask them about west's democracy...

awww

 

[Hasbara Buster]

This is a disgrace, a real crime against humanity.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

go tell this news to African kids and ask them about west's democracy...

Africans have the most fertile lands, abundant water sources including heavy rains and allot of rivers but they are starving though...

 

[Wright]

Africans have the most fertile lands, abundant water sources including heavy rains and allot of rivers but they are starving though...

Yup, its not like the developed nations have had everything given to them on a platter, on the contrary, the snowy landscapes and lack of fertile soil makes a lot of high income nations barren of natural resources. One would point to Japan as being such an example, ridden with earthquakes, and lack of mineral wealth.

Its all about the quality of the human capital and their ability and will to better themselves.

Does this survey include GCC and East Asian tigers? I doubt it, it is likely a list of top food wasting western nations,.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

Africans have the most fertile lands, abundant water sources including heavy rains and allot of rivers but they are starving though...

Corrupt govs on the West's orders starve their people and enjoy the riches. The resources are mined and shared between the ruling folks of those nations and their masters.

Africa is not poor by any standard really; their people kept poor on purpose.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Corrupt govs on the West's orders starve their people and enjoy the riches. The resources are mined and shared between the ruling folks of those nations and their masters.

Africa is not poor by any standard really; their people kept poor on purpose.

Then they should rise, spoon feeding won't work anyway unless they took over their own countries and started feeding themselves.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Africans have the most fertile lands, abundant water sources including heavy rains and allot of rivers but they are starving though...

Not all african country.

 

[roshangjha]

God helps them who help themselves. Africans have to stand up against the west if they feel that it is against their interests.

Necessity is the mother of all innovations.

 

[Jasongt]

if US and other countries really care about human rights...there is no need for army and killing people. just send some foods there...not for free,in exchange of Diamonds and golds you took from them.

 

[xuxu1457]

French never eat overnight bread, thrown them away.
All human waste half food of the earth every year, 2billion tons, in Europe and the United States, half of the food be discarded just after purchase.

 

[xuxu1457]

New report: as much as 2 billion tonnes of all food produced ends up as waste
New report: as much as 2 billion tonnes of all food produced ends up as waste
Institution of Mechanical Engineers calls on urgent action to prevent 50% of all food produced in the world ending up as waste

A new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has found that as much as 50% of all food produced around the world never reaches a human stomach due to issues as varied as inadequate infrastructure and storage facilities through to overly strict sell-by dates, buy-one-get-one free offers and consumers demanding cosmetically perfect food.

With UN predictions that there could be about an extra three billion people to feed by the end of the century and an increasing pressure on the resources needed to produce food, including land, water and energy, the Institution is calling for urgent action to tackle this waste.

The report ‘Global Food Waste Not Want Not' found that:
• between 30% and 50% or 1.2-2 billion tonnes of food produced around the world each year never reaches a human stomach;
• as much as 30% of UK vegetable crops are not harvested due to them failing to meet exacting standards based on their physical appearance, while up to half of the food that’s bought in Europe and the USA is thrown away by the consumer;
• about 550 billion m3 of water is wasted globally in growing crops that never reach the consumer;
• it takes 20-50 times the amount of water to produce 1 kilogram of meat than 1 kilogram of vegetables;
• the demand for water in food production could reach 10–13 trillion m3 a year by 2050. This is 2.5 to 3.5 times greater than the total human use of fresh water today and could lead to more dangerous water shortages around the world;
• there is the potential to provide 60-100% more food by eliminating losses and waste while at the same time freeing up land, energy and water resources.

“The reasons for this situation range from poor engineering and agricultural practices, inadequate transport and storage infrastructure through to supermarkets demanding cosmetically perfect foodstuffs and encouraging consumers to overbuy through buy-one-get-one free offers.

“As water, land and energy resources come under increasing pressure from competing human demands, engineers have a crucial role to play in preventing food loss and waste by developing more efficient ways of growing, transporting and storing foods.

“But in order for this to happen Governments, development agencies and organisation like the UN must work together to help change people’s mindsets on waste and discourage wasteful practices by farmers, food producers, supermarkets and consumers.”

By 2075 the UN predicts that the world’s population is set to reach around 9.5 billion, which could mean an extra three billion mouths to feed. A key issue to dealing with this population growth is how to produce more food in a world with resources under competing pressures – particularly given the added stresses caused by global warming and the increasing popularity of eating meat – which requires around 10 times the land resources of food like rice or potatoes.

The world produces about four billion metric tonnes of food per year, but wastes up to half of this food through poor practices and inadequate infrastructure. By improving processes and infrastructure as well as changing consumer mindsets, we would have the ability to provide 60-100% more food to feed the world’s growing population.

The Global Food Waste Not Want Not report recommends that:
1. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) works with the international engineering community to ensure governments of developed nations put in place programmes that transfer engineering knowledge, design know-how, and suitable technology to newly developing countries. This will help improve produce handling in the harvest, and immediate post-harvest stages of food production.
2. Governments of rapidly developing countries incorporate waste minimisation thinking into the transport infrastructure and storage facilities currently being planned, engineered and built.
3. Governments in developed nations devise and implement policy that changes consumer expectations. These should discourage retailers from wasteful practices that lead to the rejection of food on the basis of cosmetic characteristics, and losses in the home due to excessive purchasing by consumers.

 

[somebozo]

Africans have the most fertile lands, abundant water sources including heavy rains and allot of rivers but they are starving though...

There is no solution to corruption and incompetency! We have our sympathies but nothing would change for good unless African took action by giving up their laziness and addiction to UN aid!