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From trash to fertilizer: how food scraps help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Food that spoils at Ceasa in Campinas gets a new destination instead of being sent to landfills: composting. g1 went to the plant to show how this process works.

From trash to fertilizer: how food scraps help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Food that spoils at Ceasa in Campinas gets a new destination instead of being sent to landfills: composting. g1 went to the plant to show how this process works.

Green plant turns wasted food into fertilizer Pollution, hunger, rising prices, and financial losses: massive food waste around the world causes impacts on the economy, the environment, and the population. About 1 billion tons of food are thrown away per year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 🗒️ Do you have a news tip? Send it to g1 ️➡️ This report is part of the sixth episode of the series "PF: Prato do Futuro" (Plate of the Future), where g1 showcases solutions to food production challenges in Brazil. In farming, planning and management failures can cause crops to be lost and generate overproduction. In supermarkets and open-air markets, many products end up discarded because they do not meet the aesthetic standards required by consumers. Waste also harms the environment. This is because, upon decomposing, the foo

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