Overheard some idiots at my work talking about “overpopulation”, and got me thinking about the subject. My default response to that dumb talking point is “we have enough food to feed everyone in the world and then some, it’s just the fucked up system of distribution (i.e. capitalism) that is to blame”, but I realised I’ve never actually seen any detailed information to back that up. I know that the USA throws away FIFTY PERCENT of its food, Australia throws away a third. But is that amount of food waste enough to feed the world?
It would be good to have some sources to refer people to when they make those shitty arguments.
Right. And the pandemic as far as waste is concerned is making the problem so much worse. Many restaurants, the one I work at included, are turning to single use utensils and cups instead of reusables to be more sanitary. Which is a good idea but on top of food waste that's already inherent in our system the plastic and paper waste must be exploding.