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Taste the Waste

Taste the Waste

2010Movie⏱️ 1h 32m
Documentary
7.6
IMDB Rating
539 votes

Why do we throw away so much food? And how can we stop this kind of waste?Amazing but true: On the way from the farm to the dining-room table, more than half the food lands on the dump. Most of it before it ever reaches consumers.

Director
Valentin Thurn
Writers
N/A
Stars
Klaudia Fischer, Jörn Franck, Michael Gerling
Release Date
September 8, 2011
Language
German, French, Japanese, English, Italian
Country
Germany
💬 2
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

👤
Klaudia Fischer
as Self
👤
Jörn Franck
as Self
👤
Michael Gerling
as Self
👤
Sylvain Sadoine
as Self
👤
Felicitas Schneider
as Self

💰 Box Office

$492,700
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Filming Location
Cameroon
Production
Schnittstelle Film und Video, Thurnfilm, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)

🏷️ Keywords

foodsupermarketdustbinbreadbanana

🎯 Categories

GermanDocumentary

⭐ Featured Review

50% of all food produced is dumped
by Pippi_langstrumpf2011-09-26
9/10

"This documentary starts with two dumpster divers in Vienna who retrieve food from a supermarket's dustbin. Later on there are interviews with an organic farmer, supermarket employees, a baker etc to show how much food is thrown away worldwide. This is partly due to EU guidelines (apples must have a minimum size; potatoes must not be too big or too small), partly due to customers' tastes (who still buys one-day-old bread?). It is quite sickening to see how food that is still good for consumption is thrown away and to see the reasons for it. Let's hope this film is watched by ma..."

📖 Synopsis

Why do we throw away so much food? And how can we stop this kind of waste?Amazing but true: On the way from the farm to the dining-room table, more than half the food lands on the dump. Most of it before it ever reaches consumers.