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The Big Food Wasters

THE BIG FOOD WASTERS NGF Next Generation Food 8.3 MILLION METHANE IS 25 TONNES OF FOOD IS WASTED TIMES MORE POTENT BY UK HOUSEHOLDS EVERY A GREENHOUSE YEAR GAS THAN CO2 40% 30.8% OF ALL FOOD PRODUCED IN THE OF ALL FOOD PURCHASED USA IS WASTED IN THE UK IS THROWN AWAY 1974 TODAY FOOD WASTE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THE USA SINCE 1974 THAT'S 2 BILLION PEOPLE 150,000,000,000,000 COULD BE FED FOR A YEAR 900 CALORIES 1,400 CALORIES CALORIES BEING WASTED WITH THE AMOUNT THE USA A DAY PER PERSON A DAY PER PERSON EACH YEAR ALONE THROWS AWAY EACH YEAR FOOD WASTE IN THE USA ACCOUNTS FOR... THE CONSUMPTION OF 1/4 300 MILLION OF ALL FRESHWATER CONSUMPTION BARRELS OF OIL A YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOOD WASTED BY THE USA AND EUROPE COULD FEED THE WORLD 3 TIMES OVER! WHAT GETS WASTED IN THE USA? WHO WASTES IT? 31% PAPER 3.3% OTHER Production 4.9% 20% GLASS 13.2% 6.6% YARD TRIMMINGS Consumers WOOD Distribution 60% 20% 7.9% RUBBER AND 12,7% TEXTILES FOOD SCRAPS 8.4% METALS 11% PLASTICS HOW MUCH IS FOOD WASTE COSTING THE UK? THE UK PAYS FOR BUT DOES NOT EAT UP TO IIIII €11.3 BILLION OF GOOD FOOD EACH YEAR THAT IS TWICE THE AMOUNT THE UK GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID 70KG €466 THE AMOUNT EACH HOW MUCH IT COSTS PERSON THROWS EACH HOUSEHOLD PER AWAY EACH YEAR YEAR WHAT DOES THE UK WASTE? MEAT MEALS YOGHURTS TOMATOES BACON RASHERS 120 MILLION 200 MILLION 484 MILLION 1 BILLION CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS GRAPES APPLES 259 MILLION POTATOES 4.8 BILLION 2.6 BILLION 1.9 BILLION SLICES OF BREAD 2.6 BILLION BREAD ROLLS SAUSAGES 775 MILLION 440 MILLION WHOLE AND UNOPENED FRUIT 1.2 MILLION €570 MILLION A YEAR TONNES OF FOOD IS THROWN AWAY IN WHOLE AND UNOPENED VEG ITS PACKAGING €277 MILLION A YEAR UNOPENED BAKERY GOODS €333 MILLION A YEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTING FOOD IF WE STOP WASTING FOOD, THE CO2 IMPACT WOULD BE 20% OF THE UK'S GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 1 IN 4 CARS OFF THE ROAD. ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTION, THAT'LL SAVE 15 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SOURCES: PLOSONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, LOVEFOODHATEWASTE.COM THE BIG FOOD WASTERS NGF Next Generation Food 8.3 MILLION METHANE IS 25 TONNES OF FOOD IS WASTED TIMES MORE POTENT BY UK HOUSEHOLDS EVERY A GREENHOUSE YEAR GAS THAN CO2 40% 30.8% OF ALL FOOD PRODUCED IN THE OF ALL FOOD PURCHASED USA IS WASTED IN THE UK IS THROWN AWAY 1974 TODAY FOOD WASTE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THE USA SINCE 1974 THAT'S 2 BILLION PEOPLE 150,000,000,000,000 COULD BE FED FOR A YEAR 900 CALORIES 1,400 CALORIES CALORIES BEING WASTED WITH THE AMOUNT THE USA A DAY PER PERSON A DAY PER PERSON EACH YEAR ALONE THROWS AWAY EACH YEAR FOOD WASTE IN THE USA ACCOUNTS FOR... THE CONSUMPTION OF 1/4 300 MILLION OF ALL FRESHWATER CONSUMPTION BARRELS OF OIL A YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOOD WASTED BY THE USA AND EUROPE COULD FEED THE WORLD 3 TIMES OVER! WHAT GETS WASTED IN THE USA? WHO WASTES IT? 31% PAPER 3.3% OTHER Production 4.9% 20% GLASS 13.2% 6.6% YARD TRIMMINGS Consumers WOOD Distribution 60% 20% 7.9% RUBBER AND 12,7% TEXTILES FOOD SCRAPS 8.4% METALS 11% PLASTICS HOW MUCH IS FOOD WASTE COSTING THE UK? THE UK PAYS FOR BUT DOES NOT EAT UP TO IIIII €11.3 BILLION OF GOOD FOOD EACH YEAR THAT IS TWICE THE AMOUNT THE UK GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID 70KG €466 THE AMOUNT EACH HOW MUCH IT COSTS PERSON THROWS EACH HOUSEHOLD PER AWAY EACH YEAR YEAR WHAT DOES THE UK WASTE? MEAT MEALS YOGHURTS TOMATOES BACON RASHERS 120 MILLION 200 MILLION 484 MILLION 1 BILLION CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS GRAPES APPLES 259 MILLION POTATOES 4.8 BILLION 2.6 BILLION 1.9 BILLION SLICES OF BREAD 2.6 BILLION BREAD ROLLS SAUSAGES 775 MILLION 440 MILLION WHOLE AND UNOPENED FRUIT 1.2 MILLION €570 MILLION A YEAR TONNES OF FOOD IS THROWN AWAY IN WHOLE AND UNOPENED VEG ITS PACKAGING €277 MILLION A YEAR UNOPENED BAKERY GOODS €333 MILLION A YEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTING FOOD IF WE STOP WASTING FOOD, THE CO2 IMPACT WOULD BE 20% OF THE UK'S GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 1 IN 4 CARS OFF THE ROAD. ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTION, THAT'LL SAVE 15 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SOURCES: PLOSONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, LOVEFOODHATEWASTE.COM THE BIG FOOD WASTERS NGF Next Generation Food 8.3 MILLION METHANE IS 25 TONNES OF FOOD IS WASTED TIMES MORE POTENT BY UK HOUSEHOLDS EVERY A GREENHOUSE YEAR GAS THAN CO2 40% 30.8% OF ALL FOOD PRODUCED IN THE OF ALL FOOD PURCHASED USA IS WASTED IN THE UK IS THROWN AWAY 1974 TODAY FOOD WASTE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THE USA SINCE 1974 THAT'S 2 BILLION PEOPLE 150,000,000,000,000 COULD BE FED FOR A YEAR 900 CALORIES 1,400 CALORIES CALORIES BEING WASTED WITH THE AMOUNT THE USA A DAY PER PERSON A DAY PER PERSON EACH YEAR ALONE THROWS AWAY EACH YEAR FOOD WASTE IN THE USA ACCOUNTS FOR... THE CONSUMPTION OF 1/4 300 MILLION OF ALL FRESHWATER CONSUMPTION BARRELS OF OIL A YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOOD WASTED BY THE USA AND EUROPE COULD FEED THE WORLD 3 TIMES OVER! WHAT GETS WASTED IN THE USA? WHO WASTES IT? 31% PAPER 3.3% OTHER Production 4.9% 20% GLASS 13.2% 6.6% YARD TRIMMINGS Consumers WOOD Distribution 60% 20% 7.9% RUBBER AND 12,7% TEXTILES FOOD SCRAPS 8.4% METALS 11% PLASTICS HOW MUCH IS FOOD WASTE COSTING THE UK? THE UK PAYS FOR BUT DOES NOT EAT UP TO IIIII €11.3 BILLION OF GOOD FOOD EACH YEAR THAT IS TWICE THE AMOUNT THE UK GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID 70KG €466 THE AMOUNT EACH HOW MUCH IT COSTS PERSON THROWS EACH HOUSEHOLD PER AWAY EACH YEAR YEAR WHAT DOES THE UK WASTE? MEAT MEALS YOGHURTS TOMATOES BACON RASHERS 120 MILLION 200 MILLION 484 MILLION 1 BILLION CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS GRAPES APPLES 259 MILLION POTATOES 4.8 BILLION 2.6 BILLION 1.9 BILLION SLICES OF BREAD 2.6 BILLION BREAD ROLLS SAUSAGES 775 MILLION 440 MILLION WHOLE AND UNOPENED FRUIT 1.2 MILLION €570 MILLION A YEAR TONNES OF FOOD IS THROWN AWAY IN WHOLE AND UNOPENED VEG ITS PACKAGING €277 MILLION A YEAR UNOPENED BAKERY GOODS €333 MILLION A YEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTING FOOD IF WE STOP WASTING FOOD, THE CO2 IMPACT WOULD BE 20% OF THE UK'S GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 1 IN 4 CARS OFF THE ROAD. ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTION, THAT'LL SAVE 15 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SOURCES: PLOSONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, LOVEFOODHATEWASTE.COM THE BIG FOOD WASTERS NGF Next Generation Food 8.3 MILLION METHANE IS 25 TONNES OF FOOD IS WASTED TIMES MORE POTENT BY UK HOUSEHOLDS EVERY A GREENHOUSE YEAR GAS THAN CO2 40% 30.8% OF ALL FOOD PRODUCED IN THE OF ALL FOOD PURCHASED USA IS WASTED IN THE UK IS THROWN AWAY 1974 TODAY FOOD WASTE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THE USA SINCE 1974 THAT'S 2 BILLION PEOPLE 150,000,000,000,000 COULD BE FED FOR A YEAR 900 CALORIES 1,400 CALORIES CALORIES BEING WASTED WITH THE AMOUNT THE USA A DAY PER PERSON A DAY PER PERSON EACH YEAR ALONE THROWS AWAY EACH YEAR FOOD WASTE IN THE USA ACCOUNTS FOR... THE CONSUMPTION OF 1/4 300 MILLION OF ALL FRESHWATER CONSUMPTION BARRELS OF OIL A YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOOD WASTED BY THE USA AND EUROPE COULD FEED THE WORLD 3 TIMES OVER! WHAT GETS WASTED IN THE USA? WHO WASTES IT? 31% PAPER 3.3% OTHER Production 4.9% 20% GLASS 13.2% 6.6% YARD TRIMMINGS Consumers WOOD Distribution 60% 20% 7.9% RUBBER AND 12,7% TEXTILES FOOD SCRAPS 8.4% METALS 11% PLASTICS HOW MUCH IS FOOD WASTE COSTING THE UK? THE UK PAYS FOR BUT DOES NOT EAT UP TO IIIII €11.3 BILLION OF GOOD FOOD EACH YEAR THAT IS TWICE THE AMOUNT THE UK GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID 70KG €466 THE AMOUNT EACH HOW MUCH IT COSTS PERSON THROWS EACH HOUSEHOLD PER AWAY EACH YEAR YEAR WHAT DOES THE UK WASTE? MEAT MEALS YOGHURTS TOMATOES BACON RASHERS 120 MILLION 200 MILLION 484 MILLION 1 BILLION CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS GRAPES APPLES 259 MILLION POTATOES 4.8 BILLION 2.6 BILLION 1.9 BILLION SLICES OF BREAD 2.6 BILLION BREAD ROLLS SAUSAGES 775 MILLION 440 MILLION WHOLE AND UNOPENED FRUIT 1.2 MILLION €570 MILLION A YEAR TONNES OF FOOD IS THROWN AWAY IN WHOLE AND UNOPENED VEG ITS PACKAGING €277 MILLION A YEAR UNOPENED BAKERY GOODS €333 MILLION A YEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTING FOOD IF WE STOP WASTING FOOD, THE CO2 IMPACT WOULD BE 20% OF THE UK'S GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 1 IN 4 CARS OFF THE ROAD. ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTION, THAT'LL SAVE 15 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SOURCES: PLOSONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, LOVEFOODHATEWASTE.COM THE BIG FOOD WASTERS NGF Next Generation Food 8.3 MILLION METHANE IS 25 TONNES OF FOOD IS WASTED TIMES MORE POTENT BY UK HOUSEHOLDS EVERY A GREENHOUSE YEAR GAS THAN CO2 40% 30.8% OF ALL FOOD PRODUCED IN THE OF ALL FOOD PURCHASED USA IS WASTED IN THE UK IS THROWN AWAY 1974 TODAY FOOD WASTE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THE USA SINCE 1974 THAT'S 2 BILLION PEOPLE 150,000,000,000,000 COULD BE FED FOR A YEAR 900 CALORIES 1,400 CALORIES CALORIES BEING WASTED WITH THE AMOUNT THE USA A DAY PER PERSON A DAY PER PERSON EACH YEAR ALONE THROWS AWAY EACH YEAR FOOD WASTE IN THE USA ACCOUNTS FOR... THE CONSUMPTION OF 1/4 300 MILLION OF ALL FRESHWATER CONSUMPTION BARRELS OF OIL A YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOOD WASTED BY THE USA AND EUROPE COULD FEED THE WORLD 3 TIMES OVER! WHAT GETS WASTED IN THE USA? WHO WASTES IT? 31% PAPER 3.3% OTHER Production 4.9% 20% GLASS 13.2% 6.6% YARD TRIMMINGS Consumers WOOD Distribution 60% 20% 7.9% RUBBER AND 12,7% TEXTILES FOOD SCRAPS 8.4% METALS 11% PLASTICS HOW MUCH IS FOOD WASTE COSTING THE UK? THE UK PAYS FOR BUT DOES NOT EAT UP TO IIIII €11.3 BILLION OF GOOD FOOD EACH YEAR THAT IS TWICE THE AMOUNT THE UK GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID 70KG €466 THE AMOUNT EACH HOW MUCH IT COSTS PERSON THROWS EACH HOUSEHOLD PER AWAY EACH YEAR YEAR WHAT DOES THE UK WASTE? MEAT MEALS YOGHURTS TOMATOES BACON RASHERS 120 MILLION 200 MILLION 484 MILLION 1 BILLION CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS GRAPES APPLES 259 MILLION POTATOES 4.8 BILLION 2.6 BILLION 1.9 BILLION SLICES OF BREAD 2.6 BILLION BREAD ROLLS SAUSAGES 775 MILLION 440 MILLION WHOLE AND UNOPENED FRUIT 1.2 MILLION €570 MILLION A YEAR TONNES OF FOOD IS THROWN AWAY IN WHOLE AND UNOPENED VEG ITS PACKAGING €277 MILLION A YEAR UNOPENED BAKERY GOODS €333 MILLION A YEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTING FOOD IF WE STOP WASTING FOOD, THE CO2 IMPACT WOULD BE 20% OF THE UK'S GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 1 IN 4 CARS OFF THE ROAD. ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTION, THAT'LL SAVE 15 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SOURCES: PLOSONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, LOVEFOODHATEWASTE.COM

The Big Food Wasters

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This infographic provides data for the amount of food wasted each year in the U.S and in Britain. Furthermore it explores what exactly these two countries waste and the impact food wasting has on the ...

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