China has enacted new legislation to combat food waste, banning online binge-eating videos and fines for diners who leave behind excessive uneaten food at restaurants. According to Chinese state media, the new policy is aimed at fostering a “resource-conserving” society. It comes as countries around the world are collectively ramping up efforts to tackle the food waste crisis as part of their sustainability goals.

Asia as a whole contributes around half of the total wasted food worldwide, and global food waste accounts for around 10% of the world’s annual carbon emissions. In the most recent U.N. food waste index, experts estimate that around 931 million tonnes of food being sold in consumer channels goes to waste every single year.