About 1.3 billion tons of food are lost or wasted annually, and industrialized nations waste more food than developing countries. Encouraging households to reduce their volume of food waste and separate discarded food from the municipal waste stream for composting offers the potential to cut food waste and ultimately total municipal waste costs.
About one-third of the food produced globally for human consumption is lost or wasted, representing about 1.3 billion tons annually, according to studies presented at the recent Save Food International Congress co-sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and interpak 2011 trade fair. It is not sufficient to produce enough food to feed 6 billion people (world production can do that); that food must be available to those who need it.
The Save Food International Congress indicates a growing awareness of what happens to food after its harvested, and that food and packaging technologies can help reduce those losses. interpack is the largest packaging show in the world and includes an exhibition of processing and packaging equipment and materials. The 2011 show attracted 166,000 visitors from over 100 countries. Organizing the Save Food International Congress at interpack, therefore, represents a significant effort to build awareness of post-harvest efforts to reduce food losses.
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