▲ 83 ▼ The US produces millions of tonnes of rice waste each year. Now people are building homes with it (www.bbc.com) submitted 6 hours ago by lavenie@lemmy.zip to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 6 hours ago (4 children) US above Japan is definitely a surprise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children) Japan produces a lot of rice but only ~7 million tons is distributed domestically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 4 hours ago (1 child) Doesn't the husk stay in the country of origin? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 3 points 4 hours ago Sorry, I phrased that weirdly. Japan produces ~7.4 million tons of rice annually. Japan self sustains its rice needs with only ~7 million tons is distributed domestically. They also already have a waste repurpose project that eliminates ~2 million tons of their husk waste. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago Only if you expected the metric to be per capita. Given the population difference it isn't surprising at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children) Japan produces a lot of rice but only ~7 million tons is distributed domestically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 4 hours ago (1 child) Doesn't the husk stay in the country of origin? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 3 points 4 hours ago Sorry, I phrased that weirdly. Japan produces ~7.4 million tons of rice annually. Japan self sustains its rice needs with only ~7 million tons is distributed domestically. They also already have a waste repurpose project that eliminates ~2 million tons of their husk waste. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 4 hours ago (1 child) Doesn't the husk stay in the country of origin? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 3 points 4 hours ago Sorry, I phrased that weirdly. Japan produces ~7.4 million tons of rice annually. Japan self sustains its rice needs with only ~7 million tons is distributed domestically. They also already have a waste repurpose project that eliminates ~2 million tons of their husk waste. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 3 points 4 hours ago Sorry, I phrased that weirdly. Japan produces ~7.4 million tons of rice annually. Japan self sustains its rice needs with only ~7 million tons is distributed domestically. They also already have a waste repurpose project that eliminates ~2 million tons of their husk waste. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago Only if you expected the metric to be per capita. Given the population difference it isn't surprising at all. permalink fedilink source parent