[HIGHLIGHTS] The great waste of water: billions of liters to water fruits and vegetables that end up discarded or as animal feed

The irrigation of recalled agricultural products alone consumed as much as 538 tanker ships. 32.7% of the fruits and vegetables ended up as animal food and 12.6% went to the other category (biodegradation, composting, authorized waste management centers...) In the last six years an average of more than 70 million kilos of fruits and.

vegetables have been withdrawn annually in the country. The products with the most millions of kilos withdrawn in this way since 2018 have been tomatoes, oranges, persimmons, clementines and watermelons.