Food waste (IME) likewise estimated that 30–50% (or ) of all food produced remains uneaten. In Singapore, of food was wasted in 2014. Of that, were recycled. Since Singapore has limited agriculture ability, the country spent about S$14.8 billion (US$10.6 billion) on importing food in 2014. US$1.4 billion of it ends up being wasted, or 13 percent. In the UK, per year of wasted food (purchased and edible food which is discarded) amounts to a cost of £10.2 billion each year. This represents costs of £250 to £400 a year per household. Estimates of food waste in the United States range from
Waste Concern Their composing activities benefited 60,000 people in Dhaka and an additional 434,290 people from its replication in other parts of the country. Currently, Waste Concern produces 7,500 tons of compost in Dhaka and 8,087 tons in other parts of Bangladesh each year. Furthermore, the technology used for composting can treat 30,000 – 35,000 tons of waste per year and reduces carbon emission by 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. The project creates better paid and more hygiene jobs and hence, reduces the unemployment rate in Bangladesh.The project also provides organic alternative to fertilizers in a country where there are