Food Waste Index Report, 2024
To mark the second annual International Day of Zero Waste, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched its Food Waste Index Report 2024 on 27th March 2024.
- The report provides the latest global estimates on food waste, occurring at retail and consumer level. Addressing food waste is an important facet of embracing zero waste and tackling the climate crisis.
Key Messages
- In 2022, the world wasted 1.05 billion tonnes of food. This amounts to one fifth (19 percent) of food available to consumers being wasted, at the retail, food service, and household level. That is in addition to the 13 percent of the ....
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