Thailand is a country with over 70m people with limited land and resources, it is also a developing nation meaning that there is still a disconnect in how we handle our food all the way from agriculture to the copious amounts of food waste we discard.

An example of this is how traditional Thai farmers are using Poor Farming Practices causing Soil erosion such as burning fields. Burning fields is bad as it strips the soil of its healthy microorganisms, and it also creates PM 2.5 which affects major cities such as Bangkok because it drifts down from rural farming areas. There is also a major dependency and overuse of Chemical Fertilizers, this is bad because it causes a Detrimental effect on current farming practice because it reduces the PH of the soil causing it to be acidified which can lead to the destruction of species that is important to the plants growth, growing pests and some emissions of greenhouse gasses. This leads to trends towards an unsustainable future and destructive future for the Thai people.

 Not to mention, Thailand ranked 9th on the Global Climate risk index and food waste is a major contributing factor in Thailand for greenhouse gasses. This is because more than half of all Bangkok waste is food waste. It is estimated that 66m people generate 145 kg of food waste per person per year. Bangkok generates around 5000 tons of food waste per day which is equivalent to more than 20,000 tons of greenhouse gasses per day. To add to that, we only recycle 2% of the food waste and the rest gets transported into a landfill where it is unrecyclable as hygiene is not the priority. The main problem with this is that Thailand lacks a system which is efficient in waste sorting and recycling. Though there is a positive outlook, organizations such as Yindee have been popping up in the Thai market and are contributing to lessen the amount of food transported to the landfill.