Robert Moirangthem Ot, ia & as

Scenario- local, global

What can be done Some encouraging approaches Some thoughts

 1.3 billion tonnes of food is being wasted every year un

(2011)

 1.3 BILLION TONNES of food is being wasted every

year un
Thats 1.3 x10,00,00,000

x 1000 or, 1300 cr kgs

 more than 850 MILLION people in developing countries

across the globe were undernourished in 2010-12. - UN estimates

 Wedding food worth Rs 339 crore goes waste in india

(TOI, Oct 2012)

 58000 Cr the amount of food value that goes waste

in India, every year

 every third malnourished child in the world is an Indian.

India ranked 2nd World Bank

 every third malnourished child in the world is an Indian.

Malnutrition a national shame Dr. Manmohan singh, Pm of India.

 Causes, effects, etc.

 the supermarket waste

 the over-production waste

 Greenhouse gas emission

 Greenhouse gas emission

Canadas landfills 38% man-made ch4

 Will Better supply chains, storage facilities improve the

scenario?

 Will Better supply chains, storage facilities improve the

scenario?

How

can Wal-Mart curb food wastage when it has not been able to do so in America ( USA + Canada ) where 40 per cent food gets wasted ??

 The way forward, on the brighter side, some encouraging

aspects

 1098 Child Helpline number

call, and they collect

Wrap It. Dont waste food a campaign by Reunite to Redefine India, an NGO

figures in ACTION 2020, a development initiative whose

Indian wing is spearheaded by former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

 In coimbatore, chennai and Kolkata (proposed) Those interested to volunteer can check their Facebook

page - Wrap It. Dont waste food

 May learn from the Japanese

- Container and packaging recycling law - Food wastes recycling law - Law on promoting green purchase

 Around 10,000 Mehtars of the Bhangi Scheduled Caste

bear the responsibility of keeping clean the vast 4,000acre premises of the Maha Kumbh Mela.

 Dried and served as fodder

 Biotech india model

- organization converting food waste into gas - since 2004 - by 2009, installed 16000 plants

cooking

 Green guidelines by cpcb

 realize

Food is Money

Wasting food is wasting money

 BUY

WHAT WE NEED And EAT WHAT WE BUY

 Remember while you are about to waste food

 Think globally, but act locally

Helping hands are better than praying lips. Mother Teresa