 Sacha Koolen Dirk Jan Bonenkamp

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THE FOOD WE WASTE

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If food waste were a country it would be approximately as big as Canada and India combined. 

This is 1.4 billion hectares. 28% of the world's agricultural area... 

It would be able to feed the 800 million hungry people on our planet with just a quarter of its surface.

FOODWASTE FACTS AND FIGURES

Industrialised vs. Developing countries - overall
Industrialised vs. Developing countries - Food Chain
THE INHABITANTS OF FOOD WASTE LAND
The surface
A food wasteland
Bron: FAO
Source: FAO
Source: FAO
Source: FAO
Source: FAO
TYPE FOOD LOSS (roughly)
Agricultural production
Post-harvest to distribution
Consumption
ON AVERAGE
INDUSTRIALISED
DEVELOPING
35%
45%
20%
30%
25%
35%
45%
45%
10%
Title
Industrialised
Developing

% thrown away 

% thrown away 

30 - 40%
5 - 16%
95 - 115 KG
$ 680 billion
900 KG
6 - 11 KG
$ 310 billion
460 KG
Waste per person peryear
Waste per person per year
Worth waste 
Worth waste 
Produced per capita
Produced per capita
Wasted
Consumed
Consumed vs WASTED

300 kg

280 kg

240 kg

225 kg

210 kg

160 kg

125 kg

7,5 %

15 %

27,5 %

10 %

7,5 %

10 %

22,5 %

If food waste were a country it would be approximately as big as Canada and India combined. 

This is 1.4 billion hectares. 28% of the world's agricultural area... 

It would be able to feed the 800 million hungry people on our planet with just a quarter of its surface.

 Sacha Koolen Dirk Jan Bonenkamp

Lees verder
Consumed vs WASTED
The surfacE...
A food wasteland
Wasted
Consumed

FOODWASTE FACTS AND FIGURES

280 kg

240 kg

225 kg

210 kg

160 kg

125 kg

300 kg

THE INHABITANTS OF FOOD WASTE LAND
Source: FAO
Source: FAO

7,5 %

15 %

27,5 %

10 %

7,5 %

10 %

22,5 %

Industrialised vs. Developing countries overall
Industrialised
Developing
Produced per capita
Worth waste 
Waste per person per year

% thrown away 

30 - 40%
95 - 115 KG
6 - 11 KG
$ 310 billion
$ 680 billion
460 KG
Source: FAO
Industrialised vs. Developing countries
Food Chain

% thrown away 

Waste per person per year
Worth waste 
Produced per capita
900 KG
5 - 16%
TYPE FOOD LOSS (roughly)
ON AVERAGE
Agricultural production
Post-harvest to distribution
Consumption
35%
45%
20%
TYPE FOOD LOSS (roughly)
Agricultural production
Post-harvest to distribution
Consumption
INDUSTRIALISED
TYPE FOOD LOSS (roughly)
Agricultural production
Post-harvest to distribution
Consumption
INDUSTRIALISED
30%
25%

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