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Mar 5, 2021 FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017 file photo, an elderly woman searches for a food in a garbage container in Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine. A United Nations report released on Thursday, March 4, 2021 estimates 17% of the food produced globally each year is wasted. That amounts to 931 million tons of food, or about double what researchers believed was being wasted a decade ago. And most of the waste — or 61% — happens in households, while food service accounts for 26% and retailers...

NEW YORK — Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout.

Food waste has become a growing concern because of the environmental toll of production.

NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout.It’s a familiar routine for many — and indicativ

NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. It’s a familiar routine for many — and indicative of habits that contribute to a global food waste problem that a new United Nations report says needs to be better measured so that it can be effectively addressed. The U.N. report estimates 17% of the food produced globally each year is wasted. That amounts to 931 million metric tons (1.03 billion tons) of food. The waste is far more than previous re...

Food tossed in homes alone averaged 74 kilograms per person each year globally.

If you’ve ever overstuffed your fridge and let some leftovers go bad in the back of it, you’re not alone. People toss more than 1 billion tons of food in the trash every year, according to a new United Nations report. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

A U.N. report estimates that 17% of the food produced globally is wasted each year, and most of it happens in households.

New York, March 4 Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. It's a familiar routine for many — and indicative of habits that contribute to a global food was

NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. Its a familiar routine for many — and indicative of habits tha