China and India produce more household food waste than any other country worldwide at an estimated 92 million and 69 million metric tons every year, respectively. This is unsurprising, considering both countries have by far the largest populations globally.
France. As well as taking pride in its reputation as a gourmet nation, France can also be proud of its record in curbing food waste. The country has repeatedly earned the top spot in the Food Sustainability Index.
Canada. Canada's estimated total waste generation is the largest in the entire world. It has an estimated annual waste total is 1,325,480,289 metric tons. Given Canada's population of 36.7 million, that's an estimated annual waste per capita of 36.1 metric tons.
Australian households waste 2.5 million tonnes of food each year, or more than 4kg per household per week. Organic material makes up about 50% of a what is in the average household wheelie bin. By the end of the decade, Australia has a national target to halve food waste.
China wastes an estimated 91.6 million tonnes of food per year while India discards 68.8 million tonnes. The US is a little further down the ranking with 19.4 million tonnes of food waste while in Europe, France and Germany produce between five and six million tonnes annually.
There are many reasons why we tend to waste so much perfectly good food. One of the most common reasons is that Australian households cook too much food and do not know how to use leftovers. We also throw food out by mistake before the use-by date, or forget about food in the fridge until they have expired.
This national food waste picture aligns with data from the Food Sustainability Index from The Economist's Intelligence Unit, which ranks Australia as the fourth biggest food waster in the world, behind the USA in the number one spot, Canada and Belgium.
40% of all Australian farms are in the basin. Food grown in the Basin feeds Australia and the world. The production of food and fibre contributes significantly to Australia's economy, with much of this produce exported to other countries.
Australia produces around 76 million tonnes of waste every year, a number that is increasing. Around 27% of Australia's waste goes to landfill.
In Norway, however, a lack of garbage is causing major issues for the waste management industry. Trash trading is helpful to the world because it is needed. Typically, countries that export rubbish is poor or developing countries that lacks the capacity to cope with such large amounts of refuse.
Sweden is aiming for zero waste. This means stepping up from recycling to reusing.
This includes 750,000 people already facing famine conditions in Ethiopia, Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Afghanistan. Conflict remains the key driver of hunger around the world.
The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates.
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Brazil has highest freshwater resources in the world which is accounts for approximately 12% of the world's freshwater resources. It is just because Amazon region this country contains 70% of the total freshwater. Russia has second largest freshwater reserve which is approximately 1/5 of freshwater in the world.
During the 2021 fiscal year, approximately 72.6 million megaliters of water were consumed by industry, while around 1.8 million megaliters were consumed by households across Australia.