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One family - 365 days of food waste

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OUR DAILY WASTE is an embarrassing, frightening, but an honest portrait of my family. At the same time, however, it is a portrait and a reflection of changes in society, where "time pressures" takes over life completely. More people have a good income, food becomes cheaper and food resources become less and less valued. A portrait that unfortunately many will be able to recognise of themselves - and not just in Norway.

ONE FAMILY -
365 DAYS OF
FOOD WASTE

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This is the first time that a thorough examination of all of a family's food waste has been carried out over a whole year. The food waste was dissected, weighed and sorted into different categories. The work has resulted in more than 1,078 images, with associated information and statistics. Every day and every picture is a little story in itself.
Part 1 of the project has become a book and several exhibitions.
The book has been awarded GOLD in "The most beautiful books of the year 2021"

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BAGS OF FOOD

HOW MUCH MONEY DID THEY WASTE? »

THE FAMILY THREW AWAY

ONE YEAR

DURING

kroner (1973 USD) thrown in the garbage

17.023,92

IT EQUALS

91,54

hours worked to no avail.

12,3

days of extra vacation.

10,04

year of power
consumption for an
average household.

NOK (1,16 USD) in pay raise
every hour.
Noe som kan tilsvare
årets lønnsoppgjør.

HOW MUCH FOOD WASTE? »

2,2

annual tickets on
public transportation
in Oslo.

THE FAMILY IS NOT ALONE WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD WASTE

TONS OF FOOD HAS BEEN THROWN THIS YEAR WORLD WIDE

WHAT IS THROWN AND HOW MUCH? »

ITALY

Italy's food waste costs the country as much as 15 billion euros each year - equivalent to 0.88% of the country's GDP.

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USA

The United States is among the countries that throw by far the most. As much as 40 million tonnes of food find their way to the landfill every year. This is equivalent to the same weight as the Empire State Building - 109 times.

GREECE

Each year, 473 million kilos of food are thrown away in Greece. It is a huge food waste, but still Greece is among the countries that throw the least.

ENGLAND

Every day, 24 million slices of bread are thrown in England - 900,000 tons of bread each year.

HOLD THE POINTER / FINGER OVER THE DOTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTRIES.

Every year, 10 million tonnes of food are thrown away in South Africa. But here, in contrast to countries in Europe, consumers account for only 5% of food waste in the chain - compared to over 50% in many European countries.

SOUTH AFRICA

AUSTRALIA

Australia produces a huge amount of food waste. Every year, 7.3 million tonnes of food are thrown away. Thats a staggering 298 kg of food waste per person.

SOUTH- and CENTRAL AMERICA

20% of all food waste comes from this region. A region where about 50 million inhabitants go to bed hungry every day. With all the food wasted, only in retail, nearly 70% of the population of Latin America could be fed hungry.

RUSSIA

The Russians throw away 17 million tons of food - that equals 1.6 billion rubles (195 million NOK) every year.

FRANCE

In one year, France's food waste emits 15.3 million tonnes of CO2, which represents 3% of the country's total CO2 emissions.

SWEDEN, DENMARK and NORWAY

The Swedes throw away 1.3 million tonnes of food every year, against the Danes' 716,000 tonnes. Norway throws 385.000 tonnes of food.

CHINA

China throws away a staggering 60 million tons of food every year. But distributed among the population, it is "only" 43 kg per person every year.

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WHAT Did THE FAMILY THROW? »

CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS

FRUIT AND BERRIES

32,9%

22,3%

VEGETABLES

17,0%

DAIRY

9,1%

POULTRY, MEAT AND EGGS

8,6%

SCRAPS

4,5%

SWEETS AND SNACKS

2,4%

FISH AND SEAFOOD

2,3%

LIMITED EDITION ARTWORK »

HOW MUCH DID THE FAMILY THROW? »

Edible food was thrown away and some foods were thrown away more frequently than others. Hold the mouse pointer / finger over one of the squares to see which food group the family threw away the most.

THE MOUNTAIN OF FOOD WASTE GREW

VEGETABLES

17% of all that was thrown away was vegetables. These are the 3 most discarded vegetables during the year.

2,6 kg

LIMITED EDITION ARTWORK »

paprika

87,35 norwegian kroner (NOK)

7,941 kg CO2

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7,7 kg

potatoes

153,69 norwegian kroner (NOK)

3,08 kg CO2

4,3 kg

carrots

108,45 norwegian kroner (NOK)

1,3 kg CO2

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"Our daily waste" has 296 pages and 1078 photos, as well as all facts and figures from the project. By buying the book, you are also helping the making of part 2 of the project - the road to less food waste. English version also.

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"From daily waste to zero waste"

The family has now seen the result of their own food waste and what it has to say for both the economy, the environment and their conscience. In part 2, the family will find and test simple methods that will reduce food waste by more than 50%.

Are there technologies and methods that can make it easier for us not to throw away food? What methods work, are they easy to implement and are there anything we are willing to do every day?

Part 2 contains all the facts and photos from part 1, as well as a number of new videos from the experiments, tips on what you can do to reduce your food waste and recipes.

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THE FAMILY IS NOT ALONE WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD WASTE

TONS OF FOOD HAS BEEN THROWN THIS YEAR WORLD WIDE

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KILOS OF FOOD HAS BEEN THROWN AWAY IN NORWAY

Our daily waste - A family, 365 days of food waste

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