Most of the business-driven elements of the food supply chain are quite efficient, I’m told. I.e. each of manufacture, transport, and retail management. The waste comes almost entirely from customers buying things they don’t need and then throwing them away.
If so, the most likely downside, if any, is the risk of people consuming food after its use-by date.
My source for this claim is a pitch from a food-waste charity. I consider this to be a slightly better source than a person chosen at random, however I didn’t get the impression that the charity was rigorous about fact-checking its claims, so I can’t promise this is correct.
“I wonder where most of the waste happens?”
Most of the business-driven elements of the food supply chain are quite efficient, I’m told. I.e. each of manufacture, transport, and retail management. The waste comes almost entirely from customers buying things they don’t need and then throwing them away.
If so, the most likely downside, if any, is the risk of people consuming food after its use-by date.
My source for this claim is a pitch from a food-waste charity. I consider this to be a slightly better source than a person chosen at random, however I didn’t get the impression that the charity was rigorous about fact-checking its claims, so I can’t promise this is correct.