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
Per minas Per minas Per minas, in British common law, to engage in behavior "by means of menaces or threats". The term comes from Latin. "Per minas" has been used as a defense of duress to certain crimes, as affecting the element of "mens rea". William Blackstone, the often-cited judge and legal scholar, addressed the use of "duress "per minas"" under the category of self-defense as a means of securing the "right of personal security", that is, the right of self-defense. The classic case involves a person who is blackmailed into robbing a bank. In contract law, Blackstone used "per minas" to