Every year, a third of the world’s food goes to waste. That’s more than a billion tons of food that never makes it onto anyone’s plate. It’s even more shocking when you consider that one in nine people goes to bed hungry every day.
In a week when the spotlight is on climate change, it’s time we fully mobilised to act against one of the major contributors: food waste.
Some facts – food waste accounts for 8pc of greenhouse gas emissions, and if it were a country it would be the third-largest emitter in the world after China and the US. In the UK, more than 10 million tons of food is wasted every year. An area almost the size of Wales is needed to grow the food and drink for our tables that is simply...
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