The average household bins around 163 lbs (74 kg) of leftovers every year, the United Nations Food Waste Index Report 2021 has warned.
This contributes to the 931 million tonnes of food waste the world generates annually equivalent to 17 per cent of all the food available to consumers in 2019.
The report was produced by the UN Environment Programme in tandem with the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), a British charity.
It is part of the so-called UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 12.3, which aims to halve per-capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels.
The findings of the report highlight how disposed-of leftovers are a global issue, rather than one confined to the developing world.
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PARIS - Seventeen percent of the food available to consumers worldwide in 2019 almost one billion tonnes was thrown away by households, retailers, institutions and the hospitality industry, far more than previously suspected, the UN said Thursday.
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