With the rising number of food wastage globally, the ethical question of are we feeding the hungry or feeding the waste constantly pops into our mind.

A key social problem highlighted by the infographic is food inequality. With the affluent having the freedom to discard excess food into bins, the same amount of food wasted can feed the malnourished 4 times! A statistical report revealed 815 million people worldwide suffers from hunger and malnutrition from the 2017 UN World Hunger Report; that translate to 1 in 9 people suffering from malnourishment, with the main sufferers being children. With 815 million hungry mouths, about one million of us over-consumes.

While most reports highlights the severity of hunger in many developing nations, many suffering from hunger can happen in our backyard too. In Singapore, 1 in every 3 elderly are not eating right and it was estimated in 2008 that more than 23,000 children are malnourished . Theoretically speaking, this phenomenon can be avoided with equal distribution of food, where excess food that can feed the poor doesn’t turn to waste or goes to landfills.