The global food system is putting the planet under pressure as 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted every year in India: Difference between revisions

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Humans waste 3.5 million tons of food every day resulting in around 1.3 billion tons of food loss every year. If that number doesn’t impact you, here’s some perspective - the Empire State Building weighs 365 thousand tons Forever.
Humans waste 3.5 million tons of food every day resulting in around 1.3 billion tons of food loss every year. If that number doesn’t impact you, here’s some perspective - the Empire State Building weighs 365 thousand tons. Forever.


This wasted food could feed two billion people, more than double the number of undernourished individuals worldwide.
This wasted food could feed two billion people, more than double the number of undernourished individuals worldwide.