Top 10 Countries Which Waste Most Food

By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 12 November 2011, 00:44 IST   |    10 Comments
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Germany
Germany: In Germany, food is thrown away by the bucket full of load while many people in other countries are dying of starvation. Around 20 million tons of food is thrown away in Germany each year, but there are no official statistics to confirm this number. In many supermarkets in the country, food is taken off from the shelf if it doesn't look perfect, if there is no demand for it or the expiry date is over. For many years this problem of food waste was just being ignored. But now there's a greater awareness, retailers and the Government of Germany have started looking for solutions. Around 540 kilos of food is wasted by every person each year.