12 innovations to end the waste of food
There are strategies to reduce the amount of food that we waste.
Almost a third of the food produced in the world is wasted or disposed of in the garbage.
That means that, on average, each of the inhabitants of the Earth wastes 177 kilos of food per year.
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This alarming figure is from FAO, the United Nations Organization for Agriculture and Food.
And it is a practice with environmental, human and economic consequences.
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The amount of food we discard accounts for 24% of all water used in agriculture, according to Goodwin.
"Food waste costs the world economy almost one trillion dollars a year," explains Liz Goodwin, director of Food Loss and Waste for the World Resources Institute (WRI), to BBC Mundo. organization that fights for the sustainable management of natural resources.
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In addition, the waste of food is bad news for the environment, since it causes 8% of the global emissions of greenhouse gases.
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The current waste of food becomes even more worrisome if we take into account that, according to the United Nations, the world population will reach 9.7 billion people in 2050.
"Reducing the amount of food we discard may be essential to be able to feed a population that does not stop growing," explains Goodwin.
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There are increasingly more innovative strategies to reduce the amount of food we throw away.
These are the ones proposed by the World Resources Institute according to Goodwin.
1. Red ketchup ... and green
Some companies, like Unilever, started using, in addition to red tomatoes, green tomatoes to make ketchup.
In general, tomato suppliers discard greens, which are left in the fields, which is a waste of resources.
2. Bread loaf
In 2016 the activist Tristram Stuart launched a beer called Toast Ale. Its peculiarity? It is made with leftover bread, one of the foods that are most wasted in homes.
In Toast Ale they replace the malted barley with the cereals of the wasted bread.
3. Bruised peach sauce
The company Campbell Soup Company produces "Just Peachy", a sauce made of peaches considered unsuitable for retail because they do not have the desired size or are bruised.
4. Potatoes chips made with leftovers
Yappah !: This is the name of the snack that Tyson Foods launched in 2018, a US company.
These are protein chips made with ingredients that were destined to be wasted like remains of chicken breast and vegetable puree.
5. Ugly fruit juice
Two students from Georgetown University in Washington, founded in 2014 Misfit Juicery, a company that produces cold-pressed juice from pieces of imperfect or surplus fruit.
6. Anti-maturation technology
As they mature, fruits and vegetables emit ethylene, which in turn accelerates the maturation process of other foods.
But now there are devices capable of absorbing this gas.
Companies like Nanology and Bluapple started making discs that are placed in refrigerators or fruit bowls and contribute to food that lasts longer.
7. Smart refrigerators
Some manufacturers are building refrigerators that can take pictures of their contents and send them to us while we make the purchase, so that we know exactly what we need and what we do not buy rationally.
8. The importance of the refrigerator thermometer
Keeping the refrigerator at the right temperature is essential to prevent food from spoiling ahead of time.
According to the Waste and Resources Action Program, a British charity, on average the refrigerators work at 2 ° C more than recommended
There are strategies to reduce the amount of food that we waste.
Almost a third of the food produced in the world is wasted or disposed of in the garbage.
That means that, on average, each of the inhabitants of the Earth wastes 177 kilos of food per year.
3 ways in which technology is transforming what we eat
This alarming figure is from FAO, the United Nations Organization for Agriculture and Food.
And it is a practice with environmental, human and economic consequences.
Copyright of the image GETTY IMAGES
Image caption
The amount of food we discard accounts for 24% of all water used in agriculture, according to Goodwin.
"Food waste costs the world economy almost one trillion dollars a year," explains Liz Goodwin, director of Food Loss and Waste for the World Resources Institute (WRI), to BBC Mundo. organization that fights for the sustainable management of natural resources.
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In addition, the waste of food is bad news for the environment, since it causes 8% of the global emissions of greenhouse gases.
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The current waste of food becomes even more worrisome if we take into account that, according to the United Nations, the world population will reach 9.7 billion people in 2050.
"Reducing the amount of food we discard may be essential to be able to feed a population that does not stop growing," explains Goodwin.
Copyright of the image GETTY IMAGES
There are increasingly more innovative strategies to reduce the amount of food we throw away.
These are the ones proposed by the World Resources Institute according to Goodwin.
1. Red ketchup ... and green
Some companies, like Unilever, started using, in addition to red tomatoes, green tomatoes to make ketchup.
In general, tomato suppliers discard greens, which are left in the fields, which is a waste of resources.
2. Bread loaf
In 2016 the activist Tristram Stuart launched a beer called Toast Ale. Its peculiarity? It is made with leftover bread, one of the foods that are most wasted in homes.
In Toast Ale they replace the malted barley with the cereals of the wasted bread.
3. Bruised peach sauce
The company Campbell Soup Company produces "Just Peachy", a sauce made of peaches considered unsuitable for retail because they do not have the desired size or are bruised.
4. Potatoes chips made with leftovers
Yappah !: This is the name of the snack that Tyson Foods launched in 2018, a US company.
These are protein chips made with ingredients that were destined to be wasted like remains of chicken breast and vegetable puree.
5. Ugly fruit juice
Two students from Georgetown University in Washington, founded in 2014 Misfit Juicery, a company that produces cold-pressed juice from pieces of imperfect or surplus fruit.
6. Anti-maturation technology
As they mature, fruits and vegetables emit ethylene, which in turn accelerates the maturation process of other foods.
But now there are devices capable of absorbing this gas.
Companies like Nanology and Bluapple started making discs that are placed in refrigerators or fruit bowls and contribute to food that lasts longer.
7. Smart refrigerators
Some manufacturers are building refrigerators that can take pictures of their contents and send them to us while we make the purchase, so that we know exactly what we need and what we do not buy rationally.
8. The importance of the refrigerator thermometer
Keeping the refrigerator at the right temperature is essential to prevent food from spoiling ahead of time.
According to the Waste and Resources Action Program, a British charity, on average the refrigerators work at 2 ° C more than recommended
