World wastes over 1 billion meals a day even as chronic hunger rises
9 months, 1 week ago

World wastes over 1 billion meals a day even as chronic hunger rises

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “For humanity, food waste means that less food is available to the poorest population,” said Jumare, who wasn't involved in the report. The report said many governments, regional and industry groups are using public-private partnerships to reduce food waste and its contributions to climate and water stress. The report said food redistribution — including donating surplus food to food banks and charities — is significant in tackling food waste among retailers. The report’s authors said they found that the differences in per capita household food waste between high-income and lower-income countries were surprisingly small.

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Post-Christmas food waste is a scandal – but fault doesn’t just lie with supermarkets
1 week, 3 days ago

Post-Christmas food waste is a scandal – but fault doesn’t just lie with supermarkets

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But while food waste is a …

Plan boosts fight against food waste
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Plan boosts fight against food waste

China Daily  

China aims to significantly reduce per capita food waste and bring grain loss rates below the global average by the end of 2027, according to a recently introduced action plan. The plan to boost grain conservation and curb food waste was issued by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the …

Plan boosts fight against food waste
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Plan boosts fight against food waste

China Daily  

By ZHAO YIMENG | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-26 09:21 China aims to significantly reduce per capita food waste and bring grain loss rates below the global average by the end of 2027, according to a recently introduced action plan. The plan to boost grain conservation and curb food waste was issued by the General Office of the Communist Party …

Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here’s how it fuels climate change
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here’s how it fuels climate change

LA Times  

Each day, an army of trucks delivers tens of thousands of pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to Mexico City’s Central de Abasto, one of the world’s largest wholesale food markets. “This food still has value.” Environmental activists say reducing food waste is one of the most attainable climate solutions, in part because its not politicized. Each day, an army …

China works to reduce food loss, waste
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China works to reduce food loss, waste

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-25 21:03 BEIJING -- China has announced an action plan to reduce food loss and waste, aiming to establish a more sound long-term mechanism by the end of 2027. The statistical system, standards and indication system of food loss and waste will be improved, according to the plan, which was unveiled by the general offices of the …

Food worth $1.5 trillion goes to waste annually, experts raise concern at COP29
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Food worth $1.5 trillion goes to waste annually, experts raise concern at COP29

India Today  

At the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, food security, sustainability, and agriculture have emerged as critical topics during the second week of discussions. Activists, policymakers, and environmental experts are emphasising the urgent need for sustainable food systems, tackling food waste, and addressing the global hunger crisis exacerbated by climate change. The Waste and Resource Action Program report, released last week, …

Addressing Food Waste: Turning a global challenge into opportunities
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Addressing Food Waste: Turning a global challenge into opportunities

India Today  

In a world where millions still suffer from food insecurity, the staggering volume of food wasted annually is a crisis of monumental proportions. Addressing food waste is therefore an urgent priority, and recent advancements show promise in converting food waste into value-added products, creating a sustainable path forward. FROM WASTE TO WEALTH The challenge of food waste is being met …

Tackling food waste: Transforming a global issue into valuable opportunities
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tackling food waste: Transforming a global issue into valuable opportunities

India Today  

In a world where millions still suffer from food insecurity, the staggering volume of food wasted annually is a crisis of monumental proportions. Addressing food waste is therefore an urgent priority, and recent advancements show promise in converting food waste into value-added products, creating a sustainable path forward. Agricultural Waste in Focus: India's Opportunity: India, as one of the world's …

Food waste warriors redirect unwanted produce to homes, charities
2 months, 1 week ago

Food waste warriors redirect unwanted produce to homes, charities

ABC  

Victorian vegetable grower Catherine Velisha says Australia's food system is broken but it isn't the supermarkets' fault. "As individuals we feel like we're quite powerless but we're actually quite powerful and we can make decisions every day that can potentially change a whole food system along the line." Australians waste nearly 8 million tonnes of food every year, ranking it …

Unlocking millions of tonnes of wasted food to help those in need the aim of food tax bill
3 months, 1 week ago

Unlocking millions of tonnes of wasted food to help those in need the aim of food tax bill

ABC  

Yoghurt manufacturer Chobani donated 150,000 kilograms of product to charity last year. "Often, surplus stock does go into alternative waste streams, so any cost relief any food manufacturer can get … would certainly ensure that that food is diverted outside of a food waste stream and into the hands and onto the kitchen tables of those that need it," Mr …

Drive to eliminate global hunger by 2030 has stalled, UN warns
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Drive to eliminate global hunger by 2030 has stalled, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

About 733 million people faced hunger in 2023 due to conflicts, climate change and economic crises, a UN report says. A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve as the number of people suffering chronic hunger has barely changed over the past year, a UN report says. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition …

Earth Day 2024: 4 effective strategies to reduce household food waste
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth Day 2024: 4 effective strategies to reduce household food waste

Salon  

The global food system produces enough food for everyone, yet, in 2023, 333 million people worldwide were food insecure and 783 million were chronically hungry. The retail context is where approximately 14 per cent of avoidable food waste occurs as foods are often overstocked by grocery stores prioritizing constant availability at the expense of wasted product. Interventions for food waste …

World wastes 1 billion meals a day, says U.N. report
9 months, 1 week ago

World wastes 1 billion meals a day, says U.N. report

The Hindu  

Households across the globe wasted over one billion meals a day in 2022, even as 783 million people struggled with hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity, according to the Food Waste Index Report 2024, a study jointly authored by the United Nations Environment Programme and WRAP, a U.K.-based non-profit. The report stressed the importance of expanding and …

Climate suffers as world wastes over 1 billion meals a day
9 months, 1 week ago

Climate suffers as world wastes over 1 billion meals a day

China Daily  

A pallet of rescued vegetables is seen at a share house in Johannesburg on February 15, 2021. Food waste across the globe continues to fuel climate change, nature loss and pollution while hurting the global economy, a report by the United Nations has revealed. The UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024 which was launched on Wednesday said that it is …

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19 per cent of its food: UN
9 months, 1 week ago

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19 per cent of its food: UN

Firstpost  

According to the UN, since the index’s initial release in 2021, the number of nations participating has almost doubled. According to the 2021 research, 931 million metric tons, or 17% of the food produced globally in 2019, went to waste The Food Waste Index Report, released on Wednesday by the UN Environment Programme, monitors nations' progress toward halving food waste …

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says
9 months, 1 week ago

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to a new United Nations report. “For humanity, food waste means that less food is available to the poorest population,” said Jumare, who wasn’t involved in the report. The report said many governments, regional and industry groups …

The world wastes more than 1 billion meals every day as hundreds of millions go hungry, UN report finds
9 months, 1 week ago

The world wastes more than 1 billion meals every day as hundreds of millions go hungry, UN report finds

CNN  

CNN — More than 1 billion meals are wasted across the world each day while nearly 800 million people go hungry, a new United Nations report has found. The staggering statistics, published Wednesday in the UN Environment Programme Food Waste Index Report 2024, raise questions about the world’s ability to distribute the food it produces and highlights the role of …

783 million people face chronic hunger, yet the world wastes 19% of its food, U.N. says
9 months, 1 week ago

783 million people face chronic hunger, yet the world wastes 19% of its food, U.N. says

LA Times  

A person picks through trash for reusable items as a fire rages at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi. “For humanity, food waste means that less food is available to the poorest population,” said Jumare, who wasn’t involved in the report. The report said many governments, regional and industry groups are using public-private partnerships to reduce food waste and its …

Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills
1 year, 1 month ago

Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills

Associated Press  

ELMSFORD, N.Y. — When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn’t sold got tossed out. where we’re helping people with food insecurities.” New York is among a growing number of states targeting food waste over concerns it is taking up diminishing landfill space and contributing to global warming as meat, vegetables and dairy release the …

Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA’s help
1 year, 2 months ago

Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA’s help

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — More than one-third of the food produced in the U.S. is never eaten. That’s why more than 50 local officials signed onto a letter Tuesday calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to help municipal governments cut food waste in their communities. The letter came on the heels of two recent reports from the EPA on the scope of …

Investing more in food system transformations to feed the world
1 year, 5 months ago

Investing more in food system transformations to feed the world

China Daily  

Farmers harvest rice in Rizhao, Shandong province. Back in 2021, the United Nations Food Systems Summit committed to accelerate and deepen the transformative power of food systems for achieving the SDGs. Once again, at the Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment concluded this week, the global community came together to speak about the urgency of transforming food systems globally, for …

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System
1 year, 5 months ago

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System

News 18  

A three-day United Nations summit opened in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling a “broken” global food system where millions are starving, two billion are overweight or obese and the planet is suffering. The food systems summit comes amid growing food insecurity around the world, with UN agencies warning of an increasing number of people suffering from chronic hunger. “Global …

Tasmanian volunteers push to stop billions of dollars in food waste amid cost of living crisis
1 year, 6 months ago

Tasmanian volunteers push to stop billions of dollars in food waste amid cost of living crisis

ABC  

In short: With the cost of living and food wastage rates high in Tasmania, community groups are getting creative to ensure no one goes without With the cost of living and food wastage rates high in Tasmania, community groups are getting creative to ensure no one goes without What's next? "It's devastating, it's tragic how much food does actually get …

Dutch waste a kilo less food but the downward trend stalls
1 year, 8 months ago

Dutch waste a kilo less food but the downward trend stalls

Dutch News  

The Dutch threw out just over 33 kilos of fruit and veg per person last year, almost a kilo down on 2019 but the downward trend has nevertheless stalled, figures from the food information centre Voedingscentrum have shown. The Voedingcentrum probe, which takes place every three years, looks at the rubbish produced by 130 households and the organic waste from …

Food waste guideline takes aim at banquets
1 year, 8 months ago

Food waste guideline takes aim at banquets

China Daily  

A restaurant in Shunde, Guangdong province, is full of diners. Draft paper urges restaurants to include weights on menu and moderate orders Banquets have been made a focus in a recently released draft guideline for curbing food waste. Thanks to a series of regulatory actions and nationwide campaigns launched in recent years to combat food waste, both restaurants and consumers …

Food waste guideline takes aim at banquets
1 year, 8 months ago

Food waste guideline takes aim at banquets

China Daily  

A restaurant in Shunde, Guangdong province, is full of diners. Draft paper urges restaurants to include weights on menu and moderate orders Banquets have been made a focus in a recently released draft guideline for curbing food waste. Thanks to a series of regulatory actions and nationwide campaigns launched in recent years to combat food waste, both restaurants and consumers …

Climate Change & Food Inflation: One-Third of the Food Americans Buy Is Wasted
2 years ago

Climate Change & Food Inflation: One-Third of the Food Americans Buy Is Wasted

The Quint  

About one-third of the food Americans buy is wasted, hurting the climate and consumers’ wallets Wasted food – and land, labor, chemicals, water and energy. Reducing wasted food could protect natural resources, save consumers money, reduce hunger and slow climate change. Developing meaningful interventions requires burrowing into the systems that make reducing food waste such a challenge for consumers, and …

Fight to curb food waste increasingly turns to science
2 years ago

Fight to curb food waste increasingly turns to science

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Experts say growing awareness of food waste and its …

World Food Day 2022: Leaving no one behind
2 years, 2 months ago

World Food Day 2022: Leaving no one behind

Hindustan Times  

Agrifood systems face multiple challenges - the ongoing pandemic, climate risks, rising prices and international conflicts. While safeguarding food security and nutrition, the crucial need to reshape agrifood systems in order to not leave anyone behind is critical. The World Food Day, observed annually on October 16, is an important reminder to re-commit to plans and actions driving better production, …

One Solution to the Food Waste Problem: Eat Your Garbage
55 years ago

One Solution to the Food Waste Problem: Eat Your Garbage

Wired  

The villains of climate change tend be what we put out: carbon-spewing cars, soot-emitting power plants, farting cows. That’s the premise behind Shuggie’s Trash Pie and Natural Wine, a restaurant that opened this spring in San Francisco‘s Mission District specializing in ingredients otherwise destined for the dump. Cofounder Kayla Abe and her team rescue bruised peppers, unwanted fish heads, and …

EU ‘wastes 153m tonnes of food a year’ amid soaring costs
2 years, 3 months ago

EU ‘wastes 153m tonnes of food a year’ amid soaring costs

The Independent  

The EU wastes more food than it imports, exacerbating the climate crisis and runaway food prices, a report has found. Researchers say the EU’s food waste accounts for at least 6 per cent of its total emissions and costs the EU more than €143 billion per year It also found that food loss and waste in the primary production, processing …

The deceptively simple idea that saves food from being wasted
2 years, 5 months ago

The deceptively simple idea that saves food from being wasted

Live Mint  

Large households throw away the most food. Households account for about 60 per cent of this amount, so reducing household food waste is a significant contribution to tackling the global food-waste challenge. Research commissioned by OzHarvest used identified some of the many different ways households can reduce their food waste. From a sample of around 70 households, surveys completed before …

Greenpiece: need to create law to reduce food waste
2 years, 6 months ago

Greenpiece: need to create law to reduce food waste

Hindustan Times  

Food waste is both an environmental and a moral hazard. Most middle class Indians have grown up being told not to waste food because it’s in short supply for the poor. In Spain, the focus of an upcoming law will be on behaviour change, such as taking back uneaten food in doggy bags or donating food to the poor before …

Supermarkets are creating up to 200,000 tonnes of food waste, research says
2 years, 10 months ago

Supermarkets are creating up to 200,000 tonnes of food waste, research says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New research has found that 200,000 tonnes of food waste is produced by supermarkets, due …

5 ‘Green’ Cooking Habits That Are Easy To Adopt In Your Kitchen Right Now
3 years ago

5 ‘Green’ Cooking Habits That Are Easy To Adopt In Your Kitchen Right Now

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING If you’re aiming to be a more planet-friendly person this year, you can follow the examples of chefs who have made a commitment to reducing food waste and being more environmentally friendly in their own kitchens. Whatever I don’t use for cooking, I compost.” Tip #2: Master a few fridge-clearing recipes “If you’re going to cook end-to-stem, …

COP out no more: It is time to address livestock production waste
3 years ago

COP out no more: It is time to address livestock production waste

Al Jazeera  

Nowhere in our food supply chain is the amount of waste greater and more damaging than in the industrial production of meat. Every year an estimated 2.5 billion tonnes of food goes to waste globally, accounting for around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, halving food waste, eating a healthy level of calories and switching to sustainable diets …

I used food waste apps to feed myself for a fortnight
3 years, 1 month ago

I used food waste apps to feed myself for a fortnight

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Food waste is a huge global problem, with millions of tonnes of food being thrown …

World Food Day 2021: An indispensable march to ending hunger
3 years, 2 months ago

World Food Day 2021: An indispensable march to ending hunger

Hindustan Times  

This year’s World Food Day finds us at a critical moment. Last month’s UN Food Systems Summit convened by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, mapped out the broad outlines of how the world needs to move forward to transform agri-food systems. A groundbreaking World Food Forum was successfully convened here in the Italian capital early this month, powered by the …

My carbon footprint: I’ve got the doggy bag blues
3 years, 3 months ago

My carbon footprint: I’ve got the doggy bag blues

The Independent  

I dropped a proper social clanger over the weekend. The doggy bag isn’t just accepted in the US, for example, it’s a veritable institution – an absolute must given the scale of the average portion. Unless it is separated from other waste for compost – and what manic commercial kitchen has time for that – it’s likely to end up …

Xi emphasizes efforts to cut food wastage
3 years, 3 months ago

Xi emphasizes efforts to cut food wastage

China Daily  

Calls for G20 members to bring about anti-hunger efforts amid COVID-19 President Xi Jinping highlighted on Friday the need for countries across the world to adopt quicker and more concrete actions to reduce food loss and waste, with global food security being under threat in the face of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. The conference, under the theme of "reducing food …

IFAD Representative in China: Reducing food waste has global impact
3 years, 3 months ago

IFAD Representative in China: Reducing food waste has global impact

China Daily  

Matteo Marchisio, International Fund for Agricultural Development Representative in China, is interviewed by China Daily at the International Conference on Food Loss and Waste on Sept 10. The conference on food loss and waste is precisely the window for Jinan to open up to the world, said Matteo Marchisio, International Fund for Agricultural Development Representative in China, during an exclusive …

International conference to tackle lost agricultural output
3 years, 4 months ago

International conference to tackle lost agricultural output

China Daily  

Curbing waste in agricultural production bolsters output and more international cooperation can help deliver that goal, Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ma Youxiang said on Tuesday. It aims to bolster global exchanges in agricultural talent, technology and policymaking and reduce unnecessary waste, including in food production, storage and consumption, Ma said. Ma said the effort to reduce food waste …

International Conference on Food Loss and Waste to open
3 years, 4 months ago

International Conference on Food Loss and Waste to open

China Daily  

Promotional video of the International Conference on Food Loss and Waste The International Conference on Food Loss and Waste will be held in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province from Sept 9 to 11. With the theme "reducing food loss and waste, promoting global food security", the conference aims to provide a platform for countries to share their experiences …

World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict, says UN Chief
3 years, 5 months ago

World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict, says UN Chief

India TV News  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that climate change and conflict are both a consequence and a driver of poverty, income inequality and food prices. Earlier this month, a UN report noted that up to 161 million more people faced hunger last year compared to 2019, with much of that widened suffering likely linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The …

’The problem of food waste is likely bigger than we thought’
3 years, 5 months ago

’The problem of food waste is likely bigger than we thought’

Live Mint  

More than 2 billion tons of food goes uneaten around the world, almost double than previously thought, according to a new report. Researchers for years have been trying to piece together data on the true extent of food waste, which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says accounts for as much as 10% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. “The problem is …

Op-Ed: How reducing food waste can help solve the climate crisis
3 years, 9 months ago

Op-Ed: How reducing food waste can help solve the climate crisis

LA Times  

The U.S. is tossing out nearly 125 billion meals a year while a projected 45 million Americans are struggling to put food on the table. By our calculations, an investment of $14 billion a year over the next decade can eliminate 45 million tons of food waste each year and result in $73 billion in annual economic benefit — a …

Column: You waste more than $1,000 of food a year. Chew on that
3 years, 9 months ago

Column: You waste more than $1,000 of food a year. Chew on that

LA Times  

The world wastes more than 1 billion tons of food every year, according to the U.N. That’s 17% of total food available to consumers. “Food waste touches on so many aspects of our lives,” said Zach Conrad, an assistant professor of health sciences at William & Mary college. “When we’re wasting food, we’re wasting resources.” He told me his own …

Each Indian Wastes 5kgs Food a Year on Average as Wastage Hit Records in 2019, Says UN
3 years, 10 months ago

Each Indian Wastes 5kgs Food a Year on Average as Wastage Hit Records in 2019, Says UN

News 18  

An estimated 931 million tonnes of food were wasted globally in 2019, enough to circle the Earth seven times, according to a UN report which said that household food waste in India is about 68.7 million tonnes a year. The Food Waste Index Report 2021, from the United Nations Environment Programme and partner organisation WRAP, said that around 931 million …

This is how much food gets wasted, and what you can do about it
3 years, 10 months ago

This is how much food gets wasted, and what you can do about it

Al Jazeera  

Almost one billion tons of food were wasted in 2019, most of it coming from homes, contributing to rising global emissions, new UN report shows. Among the most effective climate solutions, non-profit Project Drawdown ranks cutting food waste ahead of moving to electric cars and switching to plant-based diets. Thursday’s UNEP report suggests the amount of food wasted by consumers …

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