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Media in the United States: the United States is the most serious waste of food
According to the reference news "reported on September 25, the United States in the Washington post web site on September 23 articles 】 : americans throw away food than throw away more of plastic, paper, metal and glass (author roberto a. feldman)
The much-anticipated UN climate summit in 23, held in New York.Summit for meeting people outside the team also play a role, it illuminates the alarming behavior patterns are increasing our carbon emissions - and food waste is definitely one of the most serious problem, particularly in the United States.
In 2012, according to the U.S. environmental protection agency, the United States about 35 million tons of food thrown away.This is more than the United States in 2000 to throw away food, nearly 20% more than the country throw away food nearly 50% more in 1990, almost equivalent to three times the 1960 throw away food.
In 1980, food waste accounts for less than 10% in total waste;Today, in the United States garbage, discarded food proportion is far more than one 5.According to current situation, the us is to throw away food more than plastic, paper, metal or glass.
Nestle's director jose lopez said earlier this month: "food waste for today's world is an amazing problem."
about one-third of global production of food was never eat food.The problem is particularly serious in developed countries.In developed countries, compared to other places, the food is regarded as wastes more affordable.The United Nations said on its website: "each year, consumers in rich countries waste food (222 million tons) and sub-saharan Africa, almost all of the net food production (230 million tons)."
The United States is one of the most serious countries: the problem of the natural resources defense council in 2012 an article estimated that as much as 40% in the U.S. food supply was thrown into the trash can.
Food waste one of the most obvious problem is that people throw away food in the United States at the same time, it is estimated that the global one out of every nine people chronically hungry -- that is, do not have enough food, including more than 200 million people in sub-saharan Africa and more than 500 million people in Asia.According to the United States department of agriculture says, even in the United States, although that's significantly lower, but last year about 14% of American households are still trying to get enough food.
Food waste means that the degree of reducing hunger is not to produce more food, but to better the food preservation and distribution of current production.As the UN in its last week about world hunger report points out, in fact, there is food enough for today's global population of 7 billion.
But the food waste and there is another less obvious problem: a threat to the environment.Filled with rotting food waste landfill will release methane, the methane is said to be at least 20 times worse than the dangers of co2 greenhouse gas.Landfills in the United States is filled with food, organic waste landfill in the country ranks the second number., according to the natural resources defense council in the United States, the rubbish of methane emissions - the biggest accounts for nearly a quarter of the country's total emissions of methane.
Food waste caused by the environmental cost is not only confined to the methane emissions.To produce food can cause adverse effects on the environment, it is estimated that a third of global carbon emissions from agriculture.
The entrance to the food price higher production - this includes for food production caused by the use of resources and environmental degradation.According to the UN, the poultry industry of carbon emissions in the global carbon emissions and the proportion of more than 15%, which means that when the americans get rid of meat, they are wasting food some of the biggest effects on the environment.
Has emerged a series of domestic and international initiative, aims to reduce the amount of food never into the plate.The United States department of agriculture has presided over a series of talks, pay attention to supermarkets, restaurants and other food agency food waste problem.
