Facts about food waste

According to an article by 2050 the average person will eat 3,070 calories a day but the average person only needs 2,000. Over consumption is considered as food waste. 1.4 billions of adults are overweight while 842 million people are starving. ):

High income countries and developed countries waste 1/3 of the food produced, that’s very disappointing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/foodbeast/14-food-waste-facts-that_b_4746413.html

Prevention of food waste.

Prevention from this can come with many benefits if you follow the ways of prevention. However if you don’t try to decrease the amount of food waste, it has a negative effect on our planet known as earth. If food stays in a landfill for a while it can produce methane, methane can make global warming worse unfortunately! ):

Yet there is a way to prevent this from happening, don’t put food waste in a landfill, you can turn the food into compost instead. Compost can be used in soil in order to make the soil rich in nutrients. 🙂  Food waste reduction makes businesses pay less for getting rid of trash. Instead of throwing away food, you can donate your food to food drives and that will help people from getting hungry

https://nofoodwaste.com/blog/2015/03/26/effects-food-waste-america

Benefits of reducing wasted food, ways to reduce wasted food

Benefits of reducing wasted food

  • Saves money from buying less food.
  • Reduces methane emissions from landfills and lowers your carbon footprint.
  • Conserves energy and resources, preventing pollution involved in the growing, manufacturing, transporting, and selling food (not to mention hauling the food waste and then landfilling it).
  • Supports your community by providing donated untouched food that would have otherwise gone to waste to those who might not have a steady food supply.

 

https://www.epa.gov/recycle/reducing-wasted-food-home#benefits

Think, before you waste food 🙂