Top 10 Countries Which Waste Most Food

By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 12 November 2011, 00:45 IST   |    10 Comments
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United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Food waste in the United Kingdom is a was a subject of environmental, economic and social concerns. It has got widespread media coverage and it has been getting varied responses from the government. The largest producer of food waste I the UK is the domestic household. Potatoes, Bread slices and apples are thrown away. Potatoes account for the largest quantity of avoidable food disposed of 359,000 tons per year, Bread slices is the second food type that is disposed in the country with the dispose rate of 328,000 tons per month. Salads is disposed in the greatest proportion, salads that are purchased are thrown away uneaten at most of the time. Around 560 kilos of food is wasted by each person every year.