No Food Wasted Campaign In China

China – China has recently launched an anti-food waste campaign name according to the news as “Clean Plate Campaign”.

The amount of food wasted is really shocking,alarming and distressing according to the news amidst the existing pandemic which brought other countries into the brink of food crisis.

“The amount of food China wastes is enough to feed 30 to 50 million people annually.” (BBC)

“The field research, collected data from four cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Lhasa, estimated that urban cities in China waste 17 to 18 billion kilograms of food annually, which corresponded to annual food consumption of 30 to 50 million people. Tourist groups, primary and secondary school students, and official banquets were the top three causes of food waste, the report said.” (CGTN)

“China has stepped up efforts to reduce food waste as an effort to reform its food systems and to meet one of the goals of UN 2030 Agenda: Zero Hunger, as a recent UN report warned that the world is on the verge of the worst food crisis in 50 years and almost 690 million people in the world were undernourished in 2019.” (CGTN)

“Restaurant diners told to order one dish fewer than number of people under new system criticized as overky controlling.” (The Guardian)

“Food wasting has increasingly become a global problem especially when huge swathes of populations remain hungry due to conflicts, extreme weather events, COVID-19 and economic slowdowns.” (CGTN)

“Globally, some environmentalists say the waste of food is also a waste of water, land, energy and other earth resources, resulting in greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of environmental pollution. “ (CGTN)

FOOD WASTING ( image from  PHYS website)