Food Waste
No. 86 SEPTEMBER 2018
Not a day goes by without seeing perfectly good food in a bin on the street: it is estimated that each Portuguese person wastes 100 kilos of food per year. Answer honestly: what was the last food you put in the bin – and why? In the world, 805 million people are undernourished or suffering from food insecurity. At the same time, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost and wasted annually. The economic crisis has rekindled the debate and society is looking for answers. From production to consumption, companies, the state and families – we are all responsible for food waste. This is the essay that takes stock of the ethical, environmental and economic issues of a huge problem that seriously threatens our future by presenting solutions and initiatives to combat it.
Not a day goes by without seeing perfectly good food in a bin on the street: it is estimated that each Portuguese person wastes 100 kilos of food per year. Answer honestly: what was the last food you put in the bin – and why? In the world, 805 million people are undernourished or suffering from food insecurity. At the same time, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost and wasted annually. The economic crisis has rekindled the debate and society is looking for answers. From production to consumption, companies, the state and families – we are all responsible for food waste. This is the essay that takes stock of the ethical, environmental and economic issues of a huge problem that seriously threatens our future by presenting solutions and initiatives to combat it.
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Dimensions
8 × 130 × 200 mm
ISBN
978-989-8863-88-1
Book available only in Portuguese
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