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With respect to Japan, there's definitely a culture difference, but I don't think it's the consumerism/waste culture. There's so much excess packaging in Japanese food products.
Yeah, but do they wolf down a half pound of meat plus fried potatoes and a half gallon of sugar water four times a day in Japan?
Possibly, where are you going with this?
Smaller portions creates exponentially less waste. It also isn't frequently greasy western fast food waste that is inconvenient to carry around for any period of time.
Like I wouldn't mind carrying around a paper wrapper from a nice sandwich place, but fast food waste is greasy and likely to leak.
Dude, larger portions have less packaging, just because of the square-cube law. I'm actually having trouble thinking of a counterexample, even.
Larger portions need less wrapping per lb, but more overall packaging than a smaller item. You know, like how more filling requires a bigger tortilla.
You are also missing the point about the multiple, larger, individually packaged parts. Like how one container from a sit down restaurant is less overall trash than a bag of multiple wrappers, ketchup packets, and a cup from fast food.
Also, the grease.
East Asia loves individually packaged everything. Americans would need to eat ridiculously more food to beat them, just by quantity like you're suggesting. They do eat a bit more, on average, but not that much - and the gap is closing.
Is it wet, greasy, paper packaging?
From what I've seen, it's mostly plastic. Lots and lots plastic containers and compartments.
Look, I'm Canadian, taking the piss out of Americans is a national sport. It just was kind of a non-sequitur here.
No. They have rice.
Half a gallon of rice water?! :P
They would use liters, but yes. The Japanese aren't going to just chuck out their rice water.
What about the baby?
Gone. Don't you know the phrase don't throw the rice water away with the baby?
That explains the Japanese population crisis...
Or hotdogs.
I mean, that's just one guy, but this whole idea that Asians never overeat is borderline racist. They're not all skinny monks in saffron robes.
Yeah, East Asia doesn't even try to minimise packaging. Environmentalism just isn't the same there or something.
I might be wrong, but I assume that the food packaging is a necessity because of the extreme humidity, otherwise it will spoil very fast.
Packaging is fine, but it's multiple layers sometimes. I feel it's more for presentation than function.