china food waste = 70% of total garbage!

The waste/recycle debate is hotting up in China.

Cardia is well placed. No doubt, more kitchen waste bag contracts will be closed in due course.


Feb 20, 2013
http://ntdtv.org/en/news/china/2013-02-20/china-takes-on-excessive-food-waste.html

"...State-run China Daily reported in January last year that food waste accounts for about 70% of the country’s garbage. And with no effective national composting system, that food is shipped to the landfill with the rest of the trash..."

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Feb 26, 2013
http://www.echinacities.com/news/Annual-Food-Waste-in-China-Costs-200-Billion-RMB

"The National Food Bureau Chief Ren Zhengxiao recently stated in an interview that food waste in China is costing the country 200 billion RMB every year. The amount of food wasted is roughly equivalent to the amount of food produced on a 200 million hectare plot of land..."

Note: 200 Billion RMB = approx $AUS32 Billion

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Water fears over Miyun dump
February 25, 2013

http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/763841/Water-fears-over-Miyun-dump.aspx