摘要
据统计,全球每年浪费的食物达到13万亿吨,占全球每年生产的食物总量的三分之一。我国每年在餐桌上浪费的食物价值约合2000亿元,相当于两亿多人一年的口粮,每年在餐桌外浪费的食物价值也高达750亿元。这些数字令人触目惊心,因此造成的资源浪费与环境破坏也令人痛惜。那造成食物浪费的原因是什么？食物浪费的严重后果有哪些？有无可行的解决方案？我们一起来了解。
When it comes to preserving food and reducing its waste, America is not the country paving the path, as $165 billion worth of food is being thrown out annually. The United States per capita food waste has increased almost 50 percent since 1974. Multiple factors come into question when asking why Americans are so wasteful, ranging from produce not looking as aesthetically pleasing as the rest to ignorance on the accuracy of sell-by dates.
