Food Waste: The Silent Killer of Our Planet

😮🛩  That is crazy!!!  

"Food Waste causes 9.3 billion tonnes of CO2e emissions, which is almost equivalent to the total combined emissions of the U.S. 🇺🇸 and the E.U.🇪🇺"

📈The estimates are twice as high as those from previous studies, highlighting flaws throughout the food system. It has always been clear to me that Food Waste is the number 1️⃣ topic from both an ethical and environmental 🌍 perspective.

Over the past 14 years of my dedication in addressing food waste with my 5 years in a money strike while I was building foodsharing, the probably biggest voluntary movement in the EU tackling food waste and now since 2017 with SIRPLUS, the online shop of saved food, each new study has presented even higher figures than its predecessors. 🤯

Currently, we are wasting a 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮.𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, which is enough to feed all hungry people three times over.

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), more than 33 percent of all food produced worldwide is lost or wasted annually.

The United Nations reports that the costs of food waste exceed $400 billion per year. 💵

Let's tackle this most crucial challenge that humanity faces today. By joining forces as individuals, politicians, and the economy, we can achieve the UN's goal to halve global food waste by 2030.

Lets create a world where everyone has enough food to eat and where almost no food ist wasted ❤️

Are you in? What actions are you taking to combat food waste, and have you been aware of the environmental impact it has?"

By Raphael Fellmer Join us on our foodshare.club mission to fight food waste and climate change!


#people #economy #agriculture #environmental #food #SIRPLUS #stopfoodwasteday #foodwaste #together Valentin Thurn