英本国は食糧の£10bnを毎年投げる
によって マーティンHickman | 環境上の全体的な食糧不足、急騰する物価および警報。 しかし毎日、英本国はパン、1.6mのバナナ、550,000羽の鶏、5.1mのポテト、660,000個の卵、1.2mのソーセージおよび1.3mのヨーグルトの220,000の塊を捨てる。
新しい調査はイギリスの公衆が毎日棒に振る無駄にされたプロダクトの年次合計が記録£10bnに集計することを計算する膨大な量の食糧を露出した。
毎日、政府支持されたレポートに従って、ブリトン人はチップス4.4百万個のりんご、1.6百万本のバナナ、1.3百万のヨーグルトの鍋、660,000個の卵、550,000羽の鶏、300,000パックおよび440,000の準備ができた食事を捨てる。 そしてはじめて政府の研究者は食糧無駄のほとんどが完全に触れられていない食料品から-全鶏および放棄される前に冷却装置および食器棚で食べられていないあるチョコレートgateaux成っていることを確立したあることが。
日刊新聞の無駄のロールコールは£610に平均家に子供を持つ家族のための年£420よりもっと年次費用の上昇要する。
政府の不用なキャンペーン覆いは食糧detritusの監査に参加した2,138人のdustbinsを通してふるい分けることの後で(無駄及び資源の活動計画)英本国の使い捨ての食糧文化の範囲を明らかにした。 毎日のリストの他の項目はチョコレートまたは菓子1.2百万のソーセージ、710,000パック、チーズ260,000パック、50,000本のmilkshakeのびんおよび25,000の調理ソースを含んでいた。
調査はと同時に何百万のハイチからのモーリタニアに暴動そして抗議をスパークさせた、そしてイエメンからのフィリピンに土地のための立上がる人口、干ばつおよび増加する需要によって出版されるbiofuelsの引き起こされる世界の悪い表面食糧不足。 先月インドはベトナムの2番目に大きい米の輸出業者はサイクロンNargisの後で、同じような測定をビルマのrice-producingのIrrawaddyのデルタによって裂かれたと考慮しているが貧乏人が食べることができることを保障するために非basmati米の輸出を停止させた。
昨日英本国では、それは食品価格が4.7%この一カ月に上がったこと現れた。 ムギの急上昇した費用は11%までイギリスの食品価格を過去1年間に高め、より多くの圧力をより高い抵当費用および地方税およびエネルギー手形に対処するために既に努力する国内予算に置く。
Wrap suggested households seeking to balance their finances could save money by following basic tips to prevent food waste, such as planning shopping trips better and keeping a closer check on use-by dates. It also pointed out that many people do not know the difference between a “best before date”, which has no implications for food safety, and use-by data, which must be followed.
The Environment minister, Joan Ruddock, said: “These findings are staggering in their own right, but at a time when global food shortages are in the headlines this kind of wastefulness becomes even more shocking. This is costing consumers three times over. Not only do they pay hard-earned money for food they don’t eat, there is also the cost of dealing with the waste this creates. And there are climate- change costs to all of us of growing, processing, packaging, transporting and refrigerating food that only ends up in the bin. Preventing waste in the first place has to remain a top priority.”
Eliminating the huge level of food waste would have significant environmental consequences. Local authorities spend £1bn a year disposing of food waste, which leads to the release of methane, a potent climate-change gas. Wrap calculated that stopping the waste of good food could reduce the annual emission of carbon dioxide by 18 million tonnes – the same effect as taking one in five cars off the roads.
Food experts said the study should serve as a wake-up call to British consumers. As well as an individual “Victorian moral” effort, Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University, called for the Government to take action to improve the efficiency of the food system to face up to the challenges of climate change, rising oil costs and water shortages. Describing modern supermarkets as “cathedrals of waste”, he said: “The British food economy is one of the most wasteful it would be conceivable to design. We have to create a new set of criteria on what we want the food economy to address; it’s time for politicians to catch up.”
Previously, Wrap’s Love Food, Hate Waste campaign put the financial cost of the 6.7 million tonnes of food discarded annually in the UK at £8bn. After interviewing 2,715 households – and then analysing the contents of most of their bins – researchers found that people were throwing away a greater proportion of edible, unused products. Rather than half new food and half peelings and scrapings from plates, the proportion of entirely unused products was 60 per cent by weight and 70 per cent by value.
Overall, that meant the total level of waste was £2bn higher, at £10bn, with the untouched products discarded worth £6bn. Of those, products worth £1bn were still “in date”, Wrap found.
Launching The Food We Waste report, Wrap’s chief executive, Liz Goodwin, described its findings – which mean that one in three shopping bags is dumped straight in the bin – as “shocking”.
She said: “People aren’t really aware that we are wasting so much food; do we think it’s acceptable to throw so much away when people around the world are starving? But also with the economic situation here purse strings are getting tighter yet the average family with children is wasting more than £600 a year on food waste. It begs some questions which we all need to ask ourselves. As individuals we are all wasting food. By class or age, there isn’t much difference in how much we waste.”
‘I chuck out a lot because I live on my own’
Andrew Small, 46, from London
I waste a lot of stuff which goes way over its sell-by date. If you don’t shop that often like me there is a danger of things like milk and fruit and vegetables going off in the fridge.
Estimated waste per month: £30
Andreia Augusto, 35, from Portugal
I mostly waste salads and vegetables from the fridge; and things like HP sauce, plus beans and lentils tend to get chucked out. It can happen almost without you noticing.
Estimated waste per month: £50
Lisa Jennings, 26, from London
I throw away a lot because I live on my own and I like to cook each night instead of eating ready-made meals. I struggle with vegetables because I tend to buy them in big packets.
Estimated waste per month: £20
Alaria Alongi, 40, Italian, lives in London
I recycle everything and do my own compost. When I make a surplus I tend to eat leftovers. I look forward to a day when you use your own large containers for buying rice and pasta.
Estimated waste per month: £0
Alan Young, 58, from London
I try to avoid throwing any food away, despite eating mainly at home. I was brought up by parentswho came from a wargeneration in which waste was a sin.
Estimated waste per month: £5-10
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