Food loss Estimated about 5.23 million tons in 2021, an increase of 10,000 tons from the previous year | NHK

2023-06-09 09:03:00

The government has set a goal of halving the 9.8 million tons of food waste, which is normally edible food waste, by the year 2030.

Regarding the estimated value for fiscal 2021, the government has revealed that 2.79 million tons of business-related items such as unsold food at companies and 2.44 million tons of household items such as leftover food at home will be 5.23 million tons in total.

This represents an increase of 10,000 tons from the previous fiscal year, with a 40,000-ton increase for businesses and a 30,000-ton decrease for households.

Of these, the reason for the increase in business related is that it was difficult to forecast demand due to repeated restrictions on movement due to the corona disaster.

A further reduction of more than 300,000 tons is necessary to achieve the target, but there are concerns that the amount of food loss will increase depending on the future improvement of the economic situation, so the government wants to continue to focus on awareness and awareness activities. .

Minister of State for Consumer Affairs Kono said, “Further efforts are necessary to steadily achieve the target of halving by fiscal 2030, and the agency would like to formulate a package of measures by the end of the year to achieve this.” .

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