Food sustainability issues in Singapore & the World

Singaporeans may..

Restaurants/Hawker Centres may..

Use cheaper options to save costs

Global

Throw out food

Order take away

More plastic food packaging

More Plastic Waste

Prefer to buy cheaper options

Unsustainable(using palm oil, chicken, fish etc.)

Conflict may..

Unsustainable practices like monoculture, deforestation, overfishing

Worser environmental destruction & degradation (due to pollution)

Agriculture may..

Purchase too much

Foods not yet sold spoil

Cannot be sold anymore

Unsold food is thrown out

More food wastage

This causes

Trade may..

Fossil fuels like petroleum & coal necessary to power transport like cargo ships, trucks & trains

Increase carbon emissions worldwide

Destroy agricultural land, displace people & degrade the environment

Causes food shortages

Thrown away in landfills & when the plastic breaks down, release toxic chemicals that seep into the ground

Use Plastic food packaging

Import more food to keep up with a growing population's demands

Singaporean Government may..

Use landfills & incinerators to dispose of food

Food will break down & produce methane, a greenhouse gas

Use unsustainable practices, like monoculture or overgrazing, to maximise efficiency in farming

Purchase more plastic to turn into food packaging

Sell it to wholesale retailers or F&B outlets

If not, they will clog up waterways & pollute environments which will harm wildlife & humanlife in the long run