- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. (23 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0393068366
- ISBN-13: 978-0393068368
- Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 3.5 x 24 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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Passionate, closely argued and guaranteed to make the most manic consumer peer guiltily into the recesses of their fridge.--John Preston
The Sun
Tristram Stuart lifts the lid on the obscene levels of produce ending up in landfill ... read it and weep
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book points the finger in the right direction. There is plenty of food. Farmers have no problem to grow plenty but do have a problem to get a proper price because there is an oversupply.Food has never been cheaper in history than it is nowadays.
Due to oversupply and high outer quality standards, there is a lot of outgrade for second and third class and there is no appreciation for what we harvest, so we throw a lot away.
Just all this waste can feed us.To be aware what is really going on in food supply and where there is a solution, read this one.
Due to oversupply and high outer quality standards, there is a lot of outgrade for second and third class and there is no appreciation for what we harvest, so we throw a lot away.
Just all this waste can feed us.To be aware what is really going on in food supply and where there is a solution, read this one.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is such a mind-blowing book that everyone should be forced to read it and it should be part of the schools' curriculum.
The numbers alone suggest we grow and/or import stuff just to bin it; one billion tomatoes, nearly two billion bananas and how about nearly half a billion unopened yoghurt tubs. These are just a few of the statistics which pretty much amounts to £400 or more per year per household.
But this is certainly not just a list; the author informs how we can try to alleviate the problem. My own household has an almost empty wheelie bin, we compost everything and rarely discard newspapers but not everyone can do this. Lack of space is one reason and yet this problem, too, can be overcome.
However, rules and regulations stacked against manufacturers is a major part of the problem, too. The pages of who throws what away and why leaves this reader with the dreadful statistic that North America and Europe throw away enough to feed the world's undernourished several times over. Staggering.
It's a must read book of nearly 500 pages but don't be put off by a school-teacher approach that we must all eat our bread crusts; mine go to help feed the birds.
The numbers alone suggest we grow and/or import stuff just to bin it; one billion tomatoes, nearly two billion bananas and how about nearly half a billion unopened yoghurt tubs. These are just a few of the statistics which pretty much amounts to £400 or more per year per household.
But this is certainly not just a list; the author informs how we can try to alleviate the problem. My own household has an almost empty wheelie bin, we compost everything and rarely discard newspapers but not everyone can do this. Lack of space is one reason and yet this problem, too, can be overcome.
However, rules and regulations stacked against manufacturers is a major part of the problem, too. The pages of who throws what away and why leaves this reader with the dreadful statistic that North America and Europe throw away enough to feed the world's undernourished several times over. Staggering.
It's a must read book of nearly 500 pages but don't be put off by a school-teacher approach that we must all eat our bread crusts; mine go to help feed the birds.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having been brought up in an environment in which waste was never acceptable (we were at war with Germany) I find it totally abhorrent that not only do supermarkets and shops consider it to be satisfactory to deal in excessive quantities in order to maximise profit but more so is the shocking waste created by consumers, when thousands in the world and especially children and babies and dying for thr want of the simplest of food.
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Global Publishing Scandal
Amazon - why is the Kindle edition more expensive than a paperback? Who is ripping off whom? You do not blame the publisher for this - so is it you?
Published 2 months ago by Steve Marshall
Wow - what possibilities
Ttristram Stewart's excellently researched book "Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal" is filled with stories about how blatantly we waste our abundant resources, and on that... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Feidhlim Harty
Incredibly Informative
The research and references in this book make it worth reading alone. The bible of the food waste industry.
We still don't really know what the supermarkets are up to. Read more
We still don't really know what the supermarkets are up to. Read more
Published 7 months ago by N. Thorne
Why is the kindle edition more expensive than the paperback?
I am a keen reader and willing to pay up for a good book. With the kindle becoming ever more ubiquitous, I fail to understand why the paperback comes in cheaper than the electronic... Read more
Published 17 months ago by S Klamp
Interesting, well researched and informative
I found this book very absorbing and read it from cover to cover in a couple of days.
Tristram Stuart's style of writing is easily read and yet at the same time remains... Read more
Tristram Stuart's style of writing is easily read and yet at the same time remains... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. Michael Lewis
Reality shock
It's a must reed. What Tristram Stuart reveals about the reality of our way of treating food is shocking and appalling and a real eye opener!
Published 20 months ago by Veronika
Extremely insightful book
This book is an amazing piece of work by the author. It presents copious amounts of facts and figures on the amount of food waste that is generated (primarily in the UK but also... Read more
Published 21 months ago by ASax
A timely book
Amazing levels of research. Stuart has really got to the bottom of this important global issue!
Published on 8 July 2009 by Mr. Corin Stuart
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