The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of The Seas, can hold almost 10,000 people. The ship prepares tens of thousands of meals a day, including 4,000 lobster tails and 40,000 portions of dessert. But what happens with the large amounts of food that doesn’t get eaten?

I go behind-the-scenes to see how the world’s largest cruise ship deals with its food waste.

Chapters:
0:00 World’s largest cruise ship
0:29 Food prep and measuring
1:24 Food disposal on cruise ships
1:52 Food waste to fuel
2:32 Food waste problem for cruises

I’m Jamie Leventhal, a WSJ video journalist who examines how we build, move and redesign our world to make it more efficient. Join me as I envision what our societies could look like, breaking down everything from megaproject constructions to complex shipping routes with experts in the field.

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