Ecowatch: What on earth is in the billions of tonnes of rubbish we throw out?


For Malaysians, 30% of the almost 40,000 tonnes of solid waste we generate daily is food. — Filepic/The Star

SADLY, what we throw out the most of is food. That's a painful irony when there are still people on this planet that don't get enough to eat, and that includes children. Here are the categories of things we throw out. 

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