Singapore needs to rethink food wastage: Masagos [News]

Singapore needs to rethink food wastage: Masagos By Liyana Othman, Channel NewsAsia, 10 Jan 2016 There is a need to rethink how to reduce, reuse and recycle food waste amid an increase over the years, said Minister for Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli on Sunday (Jan 10). In 2014, Singapore generated around 790,000 tonnes of food waste, equivalent to two bowls of food per person each day. Only 13 per cent of that amount was recycled. Over the past 10 years, the amount of food waste Singapore generates has increased by about 48 per cent, and the number is set to increase as the country continues to grow in terms of population and affluence. Click here to read the full article Source: Channel NewsAsia