$600M Worth of Food To Be Thrown Away in Israel During Passover
$600M Worth of Food To Be Thrown Away in Israel During Passover Daniel Sonnenfeld 03/17/2021 Average household to spend more than $770 on meals during the weeklong holiday; 13% will go to waste Israelis will spend an estimated $2.3 billion on food over Passover. Of this, some $600 million worth, or 240,000 tons, of food will be thrown away, the majority from private homes. “Think before you buy; it will save you money and help avoid food waste,” Leket Israel − The National Food Bank, says. The weeklong holiday kicks off with the Seder celebration on Saturday night, and with it comes ...