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Cheap iPhone could appeal to a half billion people, Munster says
2013-01-10 18:54:25| CNET News.com
A low-cost iPhone would give Apple access to 65 percent of the smartphone market where its current lineup of high-end phones don't play, says Apple bull Gene Munster. [Read more]
Up to half of world's food goes to waste, report says
2013-01-10 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Up to half of all the food produced worldwide ends up going to waste due to poor harvesting, storage and transport methods as well as irresponsible retailer and consumer behavior, a report said on Thursday. The world produces about four billion metric tons of food a year but 1.2 to 2 billion metric tons is not eaten, the study by the London-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers said. "This level of wastage is a tragedy that cannot continue if we are to succeed in the challenge of sustainably...
Half of all food 'thrown away'
2013-01-10 09:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: As much as half of the world's food, amounting to two billion tonnes worth, is wasted, a UK-based report has claimed. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers said the waste was being caused by poor storage, strict sell-by dates, bulk offers and consumer fussiness. The study also found that up to 30% of vegetables in the UK were not harvested because of their physical appearance. The institution's Dr Tim Fox said the level of waste was "staggering". 'Waste of resources' The report said...
Half of the world food 'is just thrown away'
2013-01-10 07:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: As much as half of all the food produced in the world - two billion tonnes worth - ends up being thrown away, a new report claims. The waste is caused by poor infrastructure and storage facilities, over-strict sell-by dates, "get-one-free" offers, and consumer fussiness, according to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Each year countries around the world produce some four billion tonnes of food. But between 30% and 50% of this total, amounting to 1.2 to two billion tonnes, never gets eaten,...
Nearly half of the world's food ends up as waste, report finds
2013-01-10 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As much as half of all the food produced in the world equivalent to 2bn tonnes ends up as waste every year, engineers warned in a report published on Thursday. The UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) blames the "staggering" new figures in its analysis on unnecessarily strict sell-by dates, buy-one-get-one free and Western consumer demand for cosmetically perfect food, along with "poor engineering and agricultural practices", inadequate infrastructure and poor storage facilities....
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