Stop Food Rotting on Ships and You’ll Cut Carbon Pollution Too
- Singapore port sees efficiency gains in information technology
- About 1.3 billion tons of food gets wasted every year, UN says
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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One of the largest container port operators is calling on the shipping industry to tackle a growing yet often overlooked major environmental problem: spoiled food from hauling produce around the world.
The food industry accounts for almost a quarter of global carbon emissions. Yet 30% of production is wasted because it doesn’t arrive in an edible form -- caused by “logistical failures” that can be addressed using information technology, said Tan Chong Meng, the chief executive officer of PSA International Group in Singapore.