The average consumer in Europe & North America throws away between 210 and 250 pounds of food away per year - more than 10 times as much as people in South and South-East Asia. This presentation, given as part of the CODA Electric Vehicle Series, covered more about the problem, lessons the speaker learned in Asia, and solutions.

1. Food Waste
the road to practical solutions

2. Food Waste
the road to practical solutions

3. Who is this guy?

4. Who is this guy?

5. Who is this guy?

6. Food Waste: the road to practical solutions
• My first trip to a US supermarket, and other tales
• Some facts about food waste
• The ‘222 million tons’ project
• What others are doing
• Can we make a difference?
• Q&A

7. Food Waste: the road to practical solutions
• My first trip to a US supermarket, and other tales
• Some facts about food waste
• The ‘222 million tons’ project
• What others are doing
• Can we make a difference?
• Q&A
#222milliontons
#CODA

8. My first trip to a US supermarket
and other tales

9. market challenges

10. so why did this seem weird?

11. 1998 flashback what were we thinking?

12. ようこそ・ようこそ dinner for two

13. lobster sashimi
http://luxirare.com/jewel-bako/
Oki ebi
is not jumbo shrimp

14. lobster sashimi
http://luxirare.com/jewel-bako/
Oki ebi
is raw

15. lobster sashimi
http://luxirare.com/jewel-bako/
Oki ebi
moves

16. the first of many challenging Asian food experiences

17. the first of many challenging Asian food experiences

18. the first of many challenging Asian food experiences

19. the first of many challenging Asian food experiences

20. rice by Sean Garrett, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seangarrett/6060948875/
jungle yam by beckcowles, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beckcowles/6449832727/
so why did this seem weird?

21. the dragon’s backbone

22. Some facts about food waste

23. Annual food waste
• 1/3 of food produced globally
• 222 million tons by consumers
and retailers in industrialized
nations
• 95 to 115 kg by the average
consumer in Europe & North
America
• 6 to 11 kg by the average
consumer in sub-Saharan
Africa, South Asia & SE Asia
Source of data: Global Food Losses & Food Waste, study carried out by
Swedish Institute for Food & Biotechnology and the Food & Agriculture
Organization of the UN.

24. Why does it matter?
• 1 billion people malnourished
globally
• 14.9% of US households were
food insecure in 2011
• 1/3 of resources used to grow
and transport food are wasted
• Food comprises 12% of US
waste stream
• Food in landfill produces
methane, a greenhouse gas

27. the Blog 222milliontons.com

28. the Blog 222milliontons.com

29. the Blog 222milliontons.com

30. the Blog 222milliontons.com

31. the Blog 222milliontons.com

32. the Blog 222milliontons.com

33. the Blog 222milliontons.com

34. the App zero waste meal planning

35. the App zero waste meal planning

36. the App zero waste meal planning

37. the App zero waste meal planning

38. the App zero waste meal planning

39. Awareness get folks talking & thinking

40. Confessions of a wee pig
Awareness get folks talking & thinking

41. What others are doing

42. Some innovative solutions

43. Some innovative solutions

44. Food recovery in California

45. Food recovery in California

46. Can we make a difference?

47. yes we can

48. yes we can

49. K. Lewis, J. Kaufman, M. Gonzalez, A. Wimmer, and N.A. Christakis, “Tastes, Ties, and
Time: A New (Cultural, Multiplex, and Longitudinal) Social Network Dataset Using
Facebook.com,” Social Networks 2008; 30: 330-342.
yes we can

50. technology embedded in our lives & relationships

51. Questions?

52. Thank you

53. Thank you