브리튼은 음식의 £10bn를 매년마다 멀리 던진다
에 의하여 마틴 Hickman | 환경에 세계적인 음식 부족, 상승 가격 및 경보. 그러나 매일에, 브리튼은, 1.6m 바나나, 550,000마리의 닭, 5.1m 감자, 660,000의 계란, 1.2m 소시지 및 1.3m 요구르트 빵 덩어리 220,000의 버린다.
새로운 학문은 영국 공중이 매일에 버려진 낭비한 제품의 연례 합계가 기록 £10bn까지 추가한ㄴ다는 것을 산출하는 음식 비틀거리는 양을 드러냈다.
매일에, 정부 역행된 보고에 따르면, 브리튼은 파삭파삭 4.4 백만개의 사과, 1.6 백만마리의 바나나, 1.3 백만개의 요구르트 남비, 660,000의 계란, 550,000마리의 닭, 300,000 팩 및 440,000의 준비되어 있는 식사를 버린다. 그리고 처음으로 정부 연구원은 음식물 찌꺼기의 대부분이 완전하게 본래 식량품으로 - 통닭 및 버려지기 전에 냉장고와 찬장에서 먹지 않는 속이는 초콜렛 과자 위로 만든ㄴ다는 것을 설치하다 것이.
일간신문 낭비의 검열소집은 £610에 평균 가정에게 아이들과 가진 가족을 위한 년 £420 보다는 좀더 그러나 연간 비용 상승 요한다.
정부의 폐기물 캠페인 포장은 음식 detritus의 감사까지 서명한 2,138명의 사람들의 dustbins를 통해서 체로 치기 후에 (낭비 & 자원 활동 프로그램) 브리튼의 사용후 버리는 음식 문화의 넓이를 계시했다. 매일 명부에 다른 품목은 초콜렛 단것 1.2 백만개의 소시지, 710,000 팩, 치즈 260,000 팩, 50,000의 milkshake 병 및 25,000의 요리 소스를 포함했다.
학문은 때 하이티에서 모리타니에 난동 그리고 항의를 발화시킨, biofuels를 위한 그리고 예멘에서 필리핀에 땅을 위한 상승 인구, 가뭄 및 수요 증가에 기인하는 세계의 빈약한 얼굴 음식 부족의 수백만 간행될 것이다. 지난 달 인도는 베트남 의 second-biggest 밥 수출상은 사이클론 Nargis 후에, 유사한 측정을 버마의 쌀 생산 Irrawaddy 델타를 통해 찢기는 고려하고 있는 그러나 그것의 영세민이 먹을 다는 것을 지키기 위하여 비 basmati 밥의 수출을 정지했다.
어제 브리튼에서는, 그것은 식품값이 과거 달에 있는 4.7% 상승했었다 나왔다. 밀의 상승 비용은 11% 까지 UK에 있는 식품값을 지난 해에 곁에 증가해, 더 더 높은 저당 비용 및 회의 세금 및 에너지 계산서를 극복하기 위하여 이미 고투하는 국내 예산에 가한.
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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