India is having a problem that the United States also deals with, food waste. While the development of India and the United States is very different, there is a problem that many people are trying to stop in both countries, food waste. India is approximated to generate 55 kilos of food waste per person every year. Waste in India has different causes sometimes though. Persistent waste and pre-retail losses are caused by inadequate storage, transport, and cold-chain infrastructure, all things that increases food waste and leads to more and more food in landfills.
Despite the differences in the food waste in the U.S. and India, many of the same problems are in both countries: Food waste is treated as a disposal issue, composting is mistaken for sustainability, many order or make too much, portion sizes are too big, waste is disguised as education, and much of overconsumption is caused by convenience. These are problems that all counties face, and that much food waste education is attempting to combat. India is very aware of this food waste, attempting to fix it with solutions such as redefining what food donation means, only taking food that you can finish, and recognizing the labor and water it takes to make food. With solutions such as these across the world, not in just first world countries, the environmental impact that waste creates will significantly decrease.
