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42. Project 14: Crude Design Designs

Supermarket Industry General Facts

Food is thrown out before it will ever All the resources from
More than 1/3 of all
hit the market sheves. Better looking produce making the food is wasted good food is wasted.
will sell over imperfect produce. e.g. water and labour.
It is estimated that 1.2
trillion of profit is lost
every year globally.
Impulse buying is a problem
with advertising/ deals 1.3 billion tonnes
pushing people to buy. of food is thrown
out every year.

Methane gas that is produced
in food, is 10 times more potent
Supermarkets don’t care as a greenhouse gas than
Shops buy more food than about the environment Around 870 million
they know they'll sell because only making money. carbon dioxide. people in the world
people shop visually, they sell go hungry every day.
through the illusion of abundance. Food
Waste

(Focused
Ireland Figures Food in the home
Area) Fridges in the home

Irish households put over are growing 30% in
250,000 tonnes of food waste Ireland generates Food waste is size since 1972 .
into household bins. 1 Million tonnes of responsible for 8% of
food wasted each year. annual global emissions.

Reducing food waste
can help climate change
and stop hunger around
the world.
Average plate size The expiry date on food is often
has expanded 36% incorrect so people throw away
since 1960. food before it really expires.
The quantity of household waste 31% of food is thrown away before
in Ireland is a big problem. In 2018 each point of sale, 69% of food is thrown
person generated 325 kilogrammes of food waste. away after point of sale.