IIT Roorkee

Food Waste
Abhishek Guddu 14111003
Statistics
Half of all food is wasted worldwide, according to the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME).

The global volume of food wastage is around 1.3 billion tonnes.

The total volume of water used each year to produce food that is lost or wasted (250 km3) is equivalent to
the annual flow of Russia's Volga River, or three times the volume of Lake Geneva.

Similarly, 1.4 billion hectares of land - 28 percent of the world's agricultural area - is used annually to
produce food that is lost or wasted.

Source:Food and Agriculture organization of United

Nations
India
According to the United Nations Development Programme, up to 40% of the food produced in India is
wasted.

In fact, according to the agriculture ministry, Rs. 50,000 crore worth of food produced is wasted every year

India ranks 63 among 88 countries in Global Hunger Index. Wastage of food is not indicative of only
hunger or pollution, but also many economic problems in the economy, such as inflation.

Only government policies are not responsible for the problems we are facing today, but our culture and
traditions are also playing a lead role in this drama. In India, the bigger the wedding, the larger the party
and the more colossal the waste.
Radha Krishnan Bhawan Mess
From 17/10/2106 to 23/10/2106

Monday-93 kg
Total = 586 Kg
Tuesday-97kg
No. of students- around 600
Wednesday-103kg
Food wastage per person - around a kg

Friday-92kg

Saturday-106kg

sunday-95kg
Why food wastage is an issue?
25% of fresh water used to produce food is ultimately wasted, even as millions of people still don’t have access to

drinking water.

World produces enough food to feed twice the world’s present population.

The number of hungry people in India has increased by 65 million more than the population of France. According to a

survey by Bhook (an organization working towards reducing hunger) in 2013, 20 crore Indians sleep hungry on

any given night. About 7 million children died in 2012 because of hunger/malnutrition.

Approximately 45% of India’s land is degraded primarily due to deforestation, unsustainable agricultural practices,

and excessive groundwater extraction to meet the food demand.

300 million barrels of oil are used to produce food that is ultimately wasted.
 Hunger

We do have a lot of choices...

But they don’t..

source:https://www.google.com/images78_45
Solutions ??
At the store

Shop smartly: Avoid impulse buys,use all before buying more.

Buy exactly what you need: purchase the exact amount you will use.

Be realistic.

Buy funny-looking produce.

source:https://www.google.co.in/search?espv=2&rlz=1C1PDZP
At home
Practice FIFO.

Monitor what you throw away

Plan your meals around the products that are closest to their expiration.

Designate one dinner each week as “use it up” meal.

Eat leftovers!

Use it all.

Store better.

Understand expiry dates.

During mealtime
Check in with your belly.

Always taste before taking a whole lot.

Split the dish.

At restaurants

A consumer survey showed that 41% of those surveyed

blamed oversized portions for leaving food.

source:https://www.greeneking.co.uk/
multiple serving size

Take home leftovers

Educate other people: Sure, nobody likes a Debbie Downer at the dinner table. But turns out simply being aware
of the issue of food waste can help make people more attentive to wasting less
Optimisation: Redistribution of surplus food

source:https://www.google.com/d0899w53_78
 Food waste into smoothies and animal feed

source:http://www.greenhotelier.org/know-how-guides/reducing-and-managing-food-waste-in-hotels/
Energy recovery from food waste
Composting
Composting is nature’s way of recycling. In this process, organic waste, such as food waste and garden clippings, is
biodegraded and turned into valuable fertilizer.

Amount of waste decreases and we get a natural fertilizer.

Anaerobic digestion

Food waste methanogens biogas

Biofuel from waste cooking oil

In many places it is a legal requirement that oils and fats from frying processes are collected.

Oils can be put to great use by being recycled into biofuels for vehicles.

Associated Reclaimers & Recyclers of Oil Waste

Conclusion
A large quantity of food is wasted and are being thrown away around the
world,while a child dies every 5 seconds as a result of hunger.

“Buy less, use all, waste nothing.”

Thank you