Relation to Low Political Issues
The problem of food waste has become a crucial issue for the environment that is close to the waste collection site itself. But did you know that the issue of food waste has also become a low political issue?
A problem can be said to be a low political issue if the issue has an impact that is not only felt by individuals or communities, but has also spread to the domestic scale. In this case, food waste produces a negative impact on a country by increasing greenhouse gas emissions from the increase in the composition of methane and CO2 gas as a result of the decomposition process of food waste. This disrupts the composition of the air in a country and changes the country’s climate by increasing extreme temperatures called heat waves. This impact can certainly disrupt the country’s domestic mobility.
Another thing that is detrimental to a country as a political issue is the increase in hunger rates due to food scarcity. This country will certainly experience economic and ecological losses that can disrupt its social welfare.
Relation to High Political Issues
If the problem of food waste has spread to the issue of food security due to food scarcity, then the population of a country experiencing this will inevitably carry out mass migration, resulting in an explosive exodus of a country’s population to neighboring countries or even a regional exodus. This can cause conflict between the immigrant country and the host country, making it a high political issue.
In other large-scale cases, if the problem of food scarcity occurs on a global scale caused by food inflation, it is possible that countries will carry out political diplomacy and lobby in the context of interdependence.
IMPACT FROM FOOD WASTE
Extreme Climate Change
Food waste that ends up in landfills produces large amounts of methane – a more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2. For those who don’t know, excessive amounts of greenhouse gases such as methane, CO2, and chlorofluorocarbons absorb infrared radiation and heat the Earth’s atmosphere, causing global warming and climate change.
Causing Famine
