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
Municipal waste management in Winnipeg generation of the City was 225,149 tonnes/yr. with an average of 330.24 kg/per capita/ yr. The same parameters for year 2001were population 619544, real GDP was 21,517 and at the same time the waste generation in the City was 254,334 tons/yr. with an average of 372.41 kg/per capita/yr. According to table-1 faced maximum waste generation in year 2006, with a population of 633,451 with real GDP of 24,035million $ and at the same time the waste generation of 274,355 tons/yr. with an average of 392.91 kg/per capita/yr. this data clearly shows that the City of Winnipeg was facing the challenge