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Some eye-opening facts on food waste

Food waste has become a serious problem globally because of its adverse effects on the human race. In most countries, food waste is not even considered a problem, because for the most part it’s not considered at all. In recent years food waste movements like #dreamcitynowaste have created awareness among humans but still, there is so much more to do to reduce food waste.

The world’s economy is producing more edible products today than ever before. Yet in many developing/under developing countries, people are dying of hunger, or children are born with malnutrition. Because in developed countries like the U.K and USA food waste happens in everyday life. 

This is the high time to remind ourselves how much food we’re wasting and what are its effects on our planet.

In this blog we’re mentioning the cost of food waste to consider it a problem, to encourage you to buy less so don’t have to waste extra food.

  • 40% of food is wasted at the retail or consumer level globally.
  • 870 Million children and adults are chronically undernourished worldwide.
  • $100-$160 Billion annual amount spent on producing food that is wasted in the U.S
  • Methane, produced by rotting food, is 23 times worse than co2
  • $700 per year wasted by families, or $60 per month.
  • $10 Billion thrown away by households each year, equivalent to 15m tons of food.
  • Food waste per year is equivalent to 1.3 billion meals.
  • If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, following the USA and China.
  • In fact, global food waste is responsible for approximately 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Nearly 30% of the world’s agricultural land is currently occupied to produce food that is ultimately never eaten.
  • Global food loss and waste accounts for 8% of annual greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Around 45% of the world’s fruit and vegetables go to waste each year.
  • In developing countries, 40% of food loss occurs at post-harvest and processing levels while in industrialized countries more than 40% of food loss happens at retail and consumer levels.
  • Global food loss and waste cost the global economy $990 billion each year.
  • There is enough food on the planet for every single person, yet 1 in 9 people go to bed hungry every night.
  • The water used to produce food wasted can be consumed by 9 billion people.

 







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