95% of Food Waste Recycled!

By Mahak Agrawal

Take the case of South Korea, a country that recycles 95% of its food waste – a gigantic increase from 2% in 1995. South Korea’s incredible transformation is an example for the world that living sustainably isn’t rocket science. All it calls for is strong will and action – apart from proper infrastructure, legislation, and social education. It is an example that radical change can happen at the national level. In South Korea, recycling is mandatory and you will get fined for not doing so.

On average, the country produces 13 billion tons of food waste daily.
🌱 30% of it is transformed into compost.
🐄 60% ends up becoming animal feed.
⛽ 10% is used for biofuel.

When the government decided to reduce the purchase of bottled water, tap water was “branded” by the neighbourhood.