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More than 1 billion meals are wasted across the world each day while nearly 800 million people go hungry, a United Nations report has found.
A report said more than US$1 trillion worth of food was binned by households and businesses at a time when nearly 800 million people were going hungry.
CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Global households are discarding an exorbitant amount of food every year, despite food insecurity remaining one of the top concerns in several regions around the world, according to a new report by the United Nationals Environment Programme.Households across all continents wasted more than 1 billion meals per day in 2022, according to the UNEP's Food Waste Index Report, released Wednesday. The annual cost of the food wasted is estimated to be worth more than $1 trillion and weigh in at 1.05 billion tonnes, according to the...
The UN described the the levels of food waste a ‘global tragedy’ when more than 780 million people were going hungry.
India News: BATHINDA: Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of .