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The Big Food Wasters

THE BIG FOOD WASTERS NGF Net Genertn d 8.3 MILLION METHANE IS 25 TONNES OF FOOD IS WASTED TIMES MORE POTENT BY UK HOUSEHOLDS EVERY A GREENHOUSE GAS THAN YEAR CO2 40% OF ALL FOOD 30.8% PRODUCED IN THE OF ALL FOOD PURCHASED USA IS WASTED IN THE UK IS THROWN AWAY 1974 TODAY FOOD WASTE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THE USA SINCE 1974 THAT'S 2 BILLION PEOPLE 150,000,000,000,000 COULD BE FED FOR A YEAR CALORIES BEING WASTED EACH YEAR WITH THE AMOUNT THE USA ALONE THROWS AWAY EACH YEAR 900 CALORIES 1,400 CALORIES A DAY PER PERSON A DAY PER PERSON FOOD WASTE IN THE USA ACCOUNTS FOR... THE CONSUMPTION OF 1/4 OF ALL FRESHWATER CONSUMPTION 300 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOOD WASTED BY THE USA AND EUROPE COULD FEED THE WORLD 3 TIMES OVER! WHAT GETS WASTED IN THE USA? WHO WASTES IT? 31% PAPER 3.3% OTHER Production 4.9% 20% GLASS 13.2% 6.6% YARD TRIMMINGS Consumers WOOD Distribution 60% 20% 7.9% RUBBER AND 12.7% TEXTILES FOOD SCRAPS 8.4% METALS 11% PLASTICS HOW MUCH IS FOOD WASTE COSTING THE UK? THE UK PAYS FOR BUT DOES NOT EAT UP TO €11.3 BILLION OF GOOD FOOD EACH YEAR THAT IS TWICE THE AMOUNT THE UK GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID 70KG €466 THE AMOUNT EACH HOW MUCH IT COSTS PERSON THROWS EACH HOUSEHOLD PER AWAY EACH YEAR YEAR WHAT DOES THE UK WASTE? MEAT MEALS BACON RASHERS 200 MILLION YOGHURIS TOMATOES 120 MILLION 484 MILLION 1 BILLION CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS APPLES 2.6 BILLIONI 259 MILLION GRAPES 4,8 BILLION POTATOES 1.9 BILLION SLICES OF BREAD 2.6 BILLION BREAD ROLLS 775 MILLION SAUSAGES 440 MILLION WHOLE AND UNOPENED FRUIT 1.2 MILLION €570 MILLION A YEAR TONNES OF FOOD IS THROWN AWAY IN WHOLE AND UNOPENED VEG ITS PACKAGING €277 MILLION A YEAR UNOPENED BAKERY GO0DS €333 MILION A YEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTING FOOD IF WE STOP WASTING FOOD, THE CO2 IMPACT WOULD BE 20% OF THE UK'S GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 1 IN 4 CARS OFF THE ROAD. ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTION, THAT'LL SAVE 15 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SOURCES: PLOSONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, LOVEFOODHATEWASTE.COM THE BIG FOOD WASTERS NGF Net Genertn d 8.3 MILLION METHANE IS 25 TONNES OF FOOD IS WASTED TIMES MORE POTENT BY UK HOUSEHOLDS EVERY A GREENHOUSE GAS THAN YEAR CO2 40% OF ALL FOOD 30.8% PRODUCED IN THE OF ALL FOOD PURCHASED USA IS WASTED IN THE UK IS THROWN AWAY 1974 TODAY FOOD WASTE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THE USA SINCE 1974 THAT'S 2 BILLION PEOPLE 150,000,000,000,000 COULD BE FED FOR A YEAR CALORIES BEING WASTED EACH YEAR WITH THE AMOUNT THE USA ALONE THROWS AWAY EACH YEAR 900 CALORIES 1,400 CALORIES A DAY PER PERSON A DAY PER PERSON FOOD WASTE IN THE USA ACCOUNTS FOR... THE CONSUMPTION OF 1/4 OF ALL FRESHWATER CONSUMPTION 300 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOOD WASTED BY THE USA AND EUROPE COULD FEED THE WORLD 3 TIMES OVER! WHAT GETS WASTED IN THE USA? WHO WASTES IT? 31% PAPER 3.3% OTHER Production 4.9% 20% GLASS 13.2% 6.6% YARD TRIMMINGS Consumers WOOD Distribution 60% 20% 7.9% RUBBER AND 12.7% TEXTILES FOOD SCRAPS 8.4% METALS 11% PLASTICS HOW MUCH IS FOOD WASTE COSTING THE UK? THE UK PAYS FOR BUT DOES NOT EAT UP TO €11.3 BILLION OF GOOD FOOD EACH YEAR THAT IS TWICE THE AMOUNT THE UK GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID 70KG €466 THE AMOUNT EACH HOW MUCH IT COSTS PERSON THROWS EACH HOUSEHOLD PER AWAY EACH YEAR YEAR WHAT DOES THE UK WASTE? MEAT MEALS BACON RASHERS 200 MILLION YOGHURIS TOMATOES 120 MILLION 484 MILLION 1 BILLION CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS APPLES 2.6 BILLIONI 259 MILLION GRAPES 4,8 BILLION POTATOES 1.9 BILLION SLICES OF BREAD 2.6 BILLION BREAD ROLLS 775 MILLION SAUSAGES 440 MILLION WHOLE AND UNOPENED FRUIT 1.2 MILLION €570 MILLION A YEAR TONNES OF FOOD IS THROWN AWAY IN WHOLE AND UNOPENED VEG ITS PACKAGING €277 MILLION A YEAR UNOPENED BAKERY GO0DS €333 MILION A YEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTING FOOD IF WE STOP WASTING FOOD, THE CO2 IMPACT WOULD BE 20% OF THE UK'S GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 1 IN 4 CARS OFF THE ROAD. ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTION, THAT'LL SAVE 15 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SOURCES: PLOSONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, LOVEFOODHATEWASTE.COM THE BIG FOOD WASTERS NGF Net Genertn d 8.3 MILLION METHANE IS 25 TONNES OF FOOD IS WASTED TIMES MORE POTENT BY UK HOUSEHOLDS EVERY A GREENHOUSE GAS THAN YEAR CO2 40% OF ALL FOOD 30.8% PRODUCED IN THE OF ALL FOOD PURCHASED USA IS WASTED IN THE UK IS THROWN AWAY 1974 TODAY FOOD WASTE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THE USA SINCE 1974 THAT'S 2 BILLION PEOPLE 150,000,000,000,000 COULD BE FED FOR A YEAR CALORIES BEING WASTED EACH YEAR WITH THE AMOUNT THE USA ALONE THROWS AWAY EACH YEAR 900 CALORIES 1,400 CALORIES A DAY PER PERSON A DAY PER PERSON FOOD WASTE IN THE USA ACCOUNTS FOR... THE CONSUMPTION OF 1/4 OF ALL FRESHWATER CONSUMPTION 300 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A YEAR IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FOOD WASTED BY THE USA AND EUROPE COULD FEED THE WORLD 3 TIMES OVER! WHAT GETS WASTED IN THE USA? WHO WASTES IT? 31% PAPER 3.3% OTHER Production 4.9% 20% GLASS 13.2% 6.6% YARD TRIMMINGS Consumers WOOD Distribution 60% 20% 7.9% RUBBER AND 12.7% TEXTILES FOOD SCRAPS 8.4% METALS 11% PLASTICS HOW MUCH IS FOOD WASTE COSTING THE UK? THE UK PAYS FOR BUT DOES NOT EAT UP TO €11.3 BILLION OF GOOD FOOD EACH YEAR THAT IS TWICE THE AMOUNT THE UK GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AID 70KG €466 THE AMOUNT EACH HOW MUCH IT COSTS PERSON THROWS EACH HOUSEHOLD PER AWAY EACH YEAR YEAR WHAT DOES THE UK WASTE? MEAT MEALS BACON RASHERS 200 MILLION YOGHURIS TOMATOES 120 MILLION 484 MILLION 1 BILLION CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS APPLES 2.6 BILLIONI 259 MILLION GRAPES 4,8 BILLION POTATOES 1.9 BILLION SLICES OF BREAD 2.6 BILLION BREAD ROLLS 775 MILLION SAUSAGES 440 MILLION WHOLE AND UNOPENED FRUIT 1.2 MILLION €570 MILLION A YEAR TONNES OF FOOD IS THROWN AWAY IN WHOLE AND UNOPENED VEG ITS PACKAGING €277 MILLION A YEAR UNOPENED BAKERY GO0DS €333 MILION A YEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WASTING FOOD IF WE STOP WASTING FOOD, THE CO2 IMPACT WOULD BE 20% OF THE UK'S GREENHOUSE GASES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING 1 IN 4 CARS OFF THE ROAD. ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PRODUCTION, THAT'LL SAVE 15 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE SOURCES: PLOSONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, LOVEFOODHATEWASTE.COM

The Big Food Wasters

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The amount of food that is wasted in the United States and Europe each year alone could feed the entire world three times over. Its statistics like this that make you think twice before you throw away...

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