WWF, food waste in Italy is worth 15 billion - Infrastructures & Cities. Food waste is responsible for 20% of freshwater and fertilizer consumption and 30% of global agricultural land use.
In Italy, according to data from the Waste Watcher Observatory, we individually throw away just under half a kilo of food each week, around 25 kg in a year. If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest producer of climate-altering gases, after the USA and China.