Nearly 20% of the food available to people around the world is wasted each year, according to a report released Thursday, March 4 by the UN.
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In total, some 931 million tonnes of food are lost, according to data compiled in 2019 in 54 countries on waste in homes (more than half of the total), restaurants and retail businesses, according to the "
report on the food waste index
”, drawn up by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) with the British NGO Wrap.
