The average consumer in Europe & North America throws away between 210 and 250 pounds of food away per year - more than 10 times as much as people in South and South-East Asia. This presentation, given as part of the CODA Electric Vehicle Series, covered more about the problem, lessons the speaker learned in Asia, and solutions.
6. Food Waste: the road to practical solutions
⢠My ďŹrst trip to a US supermarket, and other tales
⢠Some facts about food waste
⢠The â222 million tonsâ project
⢠What others are doing
⢠Can we make a difference?
⢠Q&A
7. Food Waste: the road to practical solutions
⢠My ďŹrst trip to a US supermarket, and other tales
⢠Some facts about food waste
⢠The â222 million tonsâ project
⢠What others are doing
⢠Can we make a difference?
⢠Q&A
#222milliontons
#CODA
16. the ďŹrst of many challenging Asian food experiences
17. the ďŹrst of many challenging Asian food experiences
18. the ďŹrst of many challenging Asian food experiences
19. the ďŹrst of many challenging Asian food experiences
20. rice by Sean Garrett, on Flickr
http://www.ďŹickr.com/photos/seangarrett/6060948875/
jungle yam by beckcowles, on Flickr
http://www.ďŹickr.com/photos/beckcowles/6449832727/
so why did this seem weird?
23. Annual food waste
⢠1/3 of food produced globally
⢠222 million tons by consumers
and retailers in industrialized
nations
⢠95 to 115 kg by the average
consumer in Europe & North
America
⢠6 to 11 kg by the average
consumer in sub-Saharan
Africa, South Asia & SE Asia
Source of data: Global Food Losses & Food Waste, study carried out by
Swedish Institute for Food & Biotechnology and the Food & Agriculture
Organization of the UN.
24. Why does it matter?
⢠1 billion people malnourished
globally
⢠14.9% of US households were
food insecure in 2011
⢠1/3 of resources used to grow
and transport food are wasted
⢠Food comprises 12% of US
waste stream
⢠Food in landďŹll produces
methane, a greenhouse gas
49. K. Lewis, J. Kaufman, M. Gonzalez, A. Wimmer, and N.A. Christakis, âTastes, Ties, and
Time: A New (Cultural, Multiplex, and Longitudinal) Social Network Dataset Using
Facebook.com,â Social Networks 2008; 30: 330-342.
yes we can