7 ways to reduce food waste and tackle world hunger
2020年8月20日 · The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has put out a list of simple yet effective ways we can all reduce food waste. From buying ‘ugly’ fruit and vegetables to rearranging your fridge. Most people at some time have bought too much food during weekly shopping and been left with rotting vegetables at the bottom of the fridge.
7 innovative solutions for fighting food waste
2023年12月18日 · Efforts to reduce global food waste have even reached outer space. The World Economic Forum’s Space Applications in Agriculture report, explores the value of using satellite data to enhance food and water security and bolster climate action.
How AI can reduce supermarket food waste | World Economic Forum
We each throw out 74kg (163 lbs) of food waste per person, per year. UN Sustainable Development Goals aim for 50% less food waste by 2030. AI software is shown to reduce supermarket food waste by a third. Tech startup Wasteless is using AI to cut down on food waste. Wasteless is a member of The Circulars Accelerator Cohort 2021 on UpLink.
5 ways tech can help reduce food waste - The World Economic …
2023年2月13日 · The United Nations estimates that food waste amounts to nearly a fifth of global food production. Household food waste is the largest contributor. Household food waste is the largest contributor. And a further 14% of food is lost between harvest and retail – before it even reaches consumers.
Reduce your food waste using your smartphone – here’s how
2022年6月15日 · In France, new laws have been introduced to reduce food waste. These include mandatory recycling for any business producing more than 10 tonnes of organic waste a year. And in South Korea, food waste in the capital Seoul fell 10% – 300 tonnes of food a day – over four years after a new policy was introduced to charge homes for recycling ...
Global food waste twice the size of previous estimates | World …
2021年3月26日 · Around 931 million tonnes of food goes to waste each year. 61% comes from households, 26% from food service and 13% from retail. Reducing waste could have social, economic and environmental benefits. The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to …
Dehydrating food could help solve the global food waste problem …
2021年7月6日 · Dehydrating goods such as vegetables and meat keeps nutrients at peak level and boosts food security for local communities. Solar-powered food preservation could prove vital in tackling global food waste, with 931 million tonnes going to landfill each year. S4S Technologies is a member of The Circulars Accelerator Cohort 2021 on UpLink.
7 ways packaging is changing to reduce plastic waste
2020年12月2日 · The simplest way to prevent packaging waste is to consider whether the packaging is needed at all. Supermarkets like Tesco and ASDA in the UK, have been phasing out the use of unnecessary plastic films for products such as multi-buy tins, yoghurt pots, greeting cards and bed linen.
How better food packaging can help restore the planet
2021年11月3日 · Not only does wasted food lead to food insecurity, but it is the number one item by volume entering landfills, creating methane gas and driving 8% of global warming emissions. To mitigate food waste and combat malnutrition in developing countries, packaging solutions that keep food fresh for longer are imperative.
A surprising solution for reducing our food waste
2024年5月8日 · Food waste harms the environment, but reducing how much food is produced only to be thrown away can curb hunger. It could also save the world more than US$120 billion yearly (£96 billion) – and around £700 a year per household.