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The enormous scale of global food waste. (infosec.pub)

submitted 10 months ago by pseudo@jlai.lu to c/zerowaste@slrpnk.net

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[–] odium@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Anyone have any ideas why Brazil's per capita is so high?

And Russia's so low?

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No idea how its being calculated but if it takes into account food lost during transport, tons of food spoil during transport in Brazil due to the terrible infrastructure for goods.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

This is household food waste and the study also inclues retail and food services.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My own uneducated guess would be weather. But I'm sure it is something else.

[–] stochastic_parrot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

That makes sense. Brazil's number is close to its peers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And how is China so high? Do they just throw shit away all the time?

[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, China's per capita waste is similar to that of the United States or Germany, so presumably they throw roughly as much shit away per person as the US - it's just that, having four times The people, they naturally throw away four times The shit.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah you're right, I didn't pay attention, my bad!