That's the fat layer of wastage that needs cutting.
In addition, there is a lot of wastage in the system.
Street vendors can be very weather dependent, which can lead to a lot of wastage and producer markets waste food on a stupid scale".
On a broad level, she said, alleviating poverty would help reduce food waste because one of the causes of wastage was the impulse to buy cheap, ageing food.
Tesco said it was involved in trials with apple growers to reduce pests and disease and will provide simple tips to customers about storing the fruit after finding that more than a quarter of wastage happens at home.
My nationality makes me a representative of all things Britannique and my French racing industry acquaintances hold me personally responsible for the increased levels of wastage (young stock entering the food chain) since la crise hit banks and economies.
While most IT packaging issues relate to PC hardware, because it tends to be bulky and needs to be protected in transit, there is still a lot of wastage in software packaging.
This isn't precisely the kind of wastage that Mr. Vance Packard has in mind in "The Waste Makers," but it reminds us of the book and of a chat we had about its subject, obsolescence.
In Britain it is 84kg.Assuming that current levels of wastage persist, if demand for food were to double and crop yields remained the same, the amount of land cultivated would need to double as well.
Because a traditional British Halloween – as my generation experienced in the 1970s – should begin with observing pumpkin carving on American import TV, requesting a pumpkin from one's mother and being point blank refused on the grounds of wastage and whimsy.
And although it is true, as loggers argue, that extracting old, slow-growing trees and preserving their carbon in expensive furniture may represent a net sequestration opportunity, high levels of wastage make the argument less convincing.
