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The US produces millions of tonnes of rice waste each year. Now people are building homes with it (www.bbc.com)
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[–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 11 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Country and Annual Rice Husk Production (Approximate)

  • China - 200 million tons
  • India - 180 million tons
  • Indonesia - 40 million tons
  • Vietnam - 30 million tons
  • Thailand - 20 million tons
  • Bangladesh - 15 million tons
  • Myanmar - 10 million tons
  • United States - 9 million tons
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

US above Japan is definitely a surprise.

[–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Japan produces a lot of rice but only ~7 million tons is distributed domestically.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 13 minutes ago (1 children)

Doesn't the husk stay in the country of origin?

[–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 1 points 4 minutes 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.

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Only if you expected the metric to be per capita. Given the population difference it isn't surprising at all.