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Food waste problem is growing

Food waste problem is growing
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The 16th European Waste Reduction Week, which is a high stakeholder engagement and a global campaign to increase waste concentration, was held with the theme of ‘Food Waste’ on 16-24 November this year. High stakeholder engagement was sent to order to increase waste appetite and reduced the effects of waste. Head of Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SÜT-D) Prof. Dr. Filiz Karaosmanoğlu pays attention to the waste of more than 1 billion meals every day in the house when taking 735 million people hunger, “This situation means loss of 1.3 meals per day for anyone affected by hunger. Let's count, let's drop the budget and carbon footprint of our table.

Intimidating difficulties of waste[
xml to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) data, 931 million tons of food are being wasted deficiencies. This 569 million tone households, 244 million tone is caused by food service industry and 118 million tone retail industry. Around 74 kilograms of food are being wasted hunger in an average household. Prof. Dr. Filiz Karaosmanoğlu noted that this global waste created a complex relationship between hunger, budget and environmental impacts. “Food waste is not only a financial loss but also a great environmental cost to our planet. In addition to the replacement cost of food from the field to our table, the carbon footprint also has direct effect on climate change by changing the carbon footprint. [[
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Food waste and climate circulation connection[
Researches reveal that the wasteed food is associated with 8-10 percent of the global greenhouse. Prof. Home. Filiz Karaosmanoğlu contributes to the nature budget of our planet with less agriculture input usage. Thus, we reduce carbon footprint and support a sustainable food chain. ”

Call to reduce food waste
] Prof. Dr. Filiz Karaosmanoğlu stressed that food waste is both individual and social responsibility. “Let’s peace, the budget of our table and the carbon footprint. With less production, less soil, water and energy usage, we can support climate change-resistant agricultural system. The installation of food waste has critical importance to protect the resources of the planet and to ensure the access of millions of people to food. You are here: http://www.amway.com.com.tr/http://www.amway.com.tr/http://www.amway.com.tr With Karaosmanoğlu’s call, it’s a step to prevent waste in tables and build a sustainable future.

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