United Nations Tweeted Every Year 570 Million Tons Of Food Is Wasted At The Household

We see a great amount of food wastage at our household level which is a serious issue as it causes harm at a greater level. Food waste accounts for 8-10% of greenhouse gas emissions and is accelerating the climate crisis, nature & biodiversity loss. The United Nations tweeted that every year, 570 million tons of food is wasted at the household level.

Why Is It Important To Reduce Food Loss and Waste?

• Food loss and waste undermine the sustainability of our food systems.
• When food is lost or wasted, all the resources that were used to produce this food – including water, land, energy, labour and capital – go to waste.
• The disposal of food loss and waste in landfills, leads to greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to climate change.
• Food loss and waste can also negatively impact food security and food availability, and contribute to increasing the cost of food.

Our food systems cannot be resilient if they are not sustainable, hence the need to focus on the adoption of integrated approaches designed to reduce food loss and waste. Actions are required globally and locally to maximise the use of the food we produce. The introduction of technologies, innovative solutions (including e-commerce platforms for marketing, retractable mobile food processing systems), new ways of working and good practices to manage food quality and reduce food loss and waste are key to implementing this transformative change.

Stop Food Loss and Waste:
Reducing food losses and waste is essential in a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise since 2014, and tons and tons of edible food is lost and/or wasted every day.

Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 17 percent of total global food production is wasted in the form of 11 percent in households, 5 percent in the food service and 2 percent in retail. The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste is an opportunity to call to action both the public and the private sector, to prioritise actions and move ahead with innovation to reduce food loss and waste towards restoring and building back better and resilient-ready, food systems.

Over To You:
Seeing such a great amount of loss we must stop wastage of food, for the people and for the planet.