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     • However, a new survey from the environmental charity Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has revealed levels of food waste appear to be on the rise once again. In fact, the findings suggest food waste has now returned to pre-lockdown levels.
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   Is food waste on the rise again?

   • However, a new survey from the environmental charity Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has revealed levels of food waste appear to be on the rise once again. In fact, the findings suggest food waste has now returned to pre-lockdown levels. How good are your family when it comes to food waste?

   Food waste: UK Levels are rising, according to new survey

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   How much food does the UK waste a year?

   • We waste 6.5 million tonnes of food in the UK every year, 4.5 million of which is edible! The findings suggest the rise in food waste is linked to people eating out more often and time pressures. More people are buying takeaways or going to restaurants which means less food is being cooked at home.

   Food waste: UK Levels are rising, according to new survey

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   How big is the global food waste problem?

   • The report has highlighted a global problem that is "much bigger than previously estimated," Richard Swannell from Wrap told BBC News. "The 923 million tonnes of food being wasted each year would fill 23 million 40-tonne trucks. Bumper-to-bumper, enough to circle the Earth seven times."

   Food waste: Amount thrown away totals 900 million tonnes

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   Where does food waste come from?

   • Most of the world’s food waste comes from households, totalling 631 million tonnes – or up to 60 per cent - of the total food squandered. The food service and retail sectors were responsible for 290 and 131 million tonnes accordingly. On average, each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually.

   With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

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   How has food waste changed over the years?

   • Across the four key foods monitored, levels of bread, chicken, milk and potato waste fell from nearly a quarter of all items purchased (November 2019) to just 13.7% in April 2020. That represented a whopping 43% reduction in food waste.

   Food waste: UK Levels are rising, according to new survey

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   Why did food waste increase in June 2020?

   • The amount of food being thrown away did increase from June 2020, but it was remained lower then pre-Covid levels throughout the rest of the year. However, the latest survey results from WRAP show a big spike in reported food waste which they suggest may have been driven by the easing of lockdown restrictions earlier this year.

   Food waste: UK Levels are rising, according to new survey

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4. www.bbc.co.uk › newsround › 58319405Food waste: UK Levels are rising, according to new survey - BBC

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   Aug 26, 2021 · We waste 6.5 million tonnes of food in the UK every year, 4.5 million of which is edible! The findings suggest the rise in food waste is linked to people eating out more often and time...

   • Food waste: 'We talk about feeding bellies, not bins' - BBC

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5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › science-environment-56271385Food waste: Amount thrown away totals 900 million tonnes - BBC

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   Mar 4, 2021 · While millions of tonnes of food was thrown away, an estimated 690 million people were affected by hunger in 2019. That number is expected to rise sharply in the wake of the pandemic.

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7. www.unep.org › resources › publicationFood Waste Index Report 2024 - UNEP - UN Environment Programme

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   The Food Waste Index Report 2024 builds upon its predecessor in three key ways: Firstly, it incorporates vastly expanded data points from around the world, providing a significantly more robust global and national estimates, detailed in Chapter 2 of the main report.

8. www.wrap.ngo › resources › reportUK Household Food Waste Tracking Survey 2022: Behaviours ...

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   Mar 9, 2023 · Key findings on self-reported food waste. Despite rising concerns about the cost-of-living crisis and the number of behaviour changes citizens are taking, there has not – so far at least – been the sharp fall in food waste that happened during the first Covid-19 lockdown.

9. news.un.org › en › storyWith 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food ...

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   Mar 27, 2024 · ‘Global tragedy’. “Food waste is a global tragedy. Millions will go hungry today as food is wasted across the world,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, explaining that this...

10. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-63487831Food waste: 'We talk about feeding bellies, not bins' - BBC

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    Nov 4, 2022 · According to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, an estimated 100,000 tonnes of food - equating to 250 million meals a year - is edible and readily available but goes uneaten....

11. www.lemonde.fr › en › environmentOne billion meals thrown out every day: 'Food waste ...

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    Mar 30, 2024 · Is food waste on the rise? We are not in a position to say whether waste is increasing or not. If the estimate is slightly higher than in the previous report, published in...