Approximately one-third of food produced around the world was found to be discarded and it turned out to have led to large greenhouse gas emissions

ByRob Swatski

Thanks to the rapidly developing Internet, it is now possible to purchase fresh foods such as vegetables and meat easily from the Internet as well. In such a modern world, how much food is wastefully discarded around the world and affecting the environmentUnited Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) investigated and announced it as a report. According to this report, about one-third of food produced around the world is thrown away as garbage every year, and this food waste is the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions .

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According to the FAO report, it is known that 1.3 billion tons of food is disposed of every year, resulting in an economic loss of about 750 billion dollars (about 74 trillion yen). The most industrialized Asia area formed with three of Japan, China and South Korea has the most disposal of food.

ByStephen Rees

However, the purpose of this report was to consider the impact of food disposal on the environment. And according to this report, it is estimated that the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from the food discarded in one year will be as much as 3.3 billion tons. Furthermore, foods that are produced worldwide but can not be eaten, which boasts the longest in Europe with a total length of 3690 kmVolga RiverIt seems that water equivalent to the amount of water is used.

ByIan Britton

"From farmers and fishermen, food processors, supermarkets, local and national agencies, to individual consumers as well, everyone reviews the relationship with food, prevents the disposal of food in the first place If you can not do that, you should try to be able to reuse and recycle, "FAO representative Jose Graziano da Silva said.

ByNederland en de VN

The report details the stage of food production at which stage food production occurs, according to which the food is harvested, processed and arranged in the store, that is, when the food is ordered in the store or in the restaurant We found that food waste is frequently generated at the stage before it arrives at the hands of consumers such as being stocked as food and at the stage after going to the hands of consumers. It is also known that food waste disposal in developing countries generally occurs in the course of food production and it seems that wasteful food production in developing countries that earn high income has a major impact.

BySistak

It can be said that this report result can be bought anything anywhere, such as supermarkets, convenience stores, shopping malls, markets, and even the internet market on the Internet, so it may be necessary to be conscious of the problem of being too convenient I do not.