Apple
Roughly 32% of all Swiss apples end up as waste – from apples that do not meet the sales standards to those that shrivel up in our homes and that we therefore no longer want to eat.
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Tasty apple puree
You often can’t tell how many resources have been used to get food into our fridge or onto our plate. So, when we throw out our leftover spaghetti, we at the same time waste all the effort involved in growing, processing and transporting it.
We want to make this consumption of resources as tangible as possible through comparisons. For example, 150 litres of water are roughly equivalent to a full bath while 300 g of CO2-equivalents are roughly equivalent to a 1 km journey in a medium-sized car.
Water consumption
CO2-equivalents
Land consumption
Water consumption
CO2-equivalents
Land consumption
Water consumption
CO2-equivalents
Land consumption
Madame Frigo no longer wants to see food that is still edible going to waste and polluting the environment. Neither do you? You can find the nearest public fridge here.
The correct handling of best-before dates, planning one’s shopping and the correct storage of food are further important factors. You can find more information on these topics on the foodwaste.ch website. And if you are looking for tips and recipes for specific foods, why not take a look at Save Food, Fight Waste.
The figures given here are not to be regarded as absolute but as approximations. Different calculation methods can lead to different results. Of course, it is also important where the water used for production is sourced, for example.
We based our calculations on the scientific study Ökologische Fussabdrücke von Lebensmitteln und Gerichten in Deutschland and on data from the Swiss Society for Nutrition.