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     • If food loss and waste were a country, it would be the third-highest greenhouse-gas (GHG) emitting nation behind the US and China. Food waste that ends up in landfills releases methane (CH4), a GHG with a global warming potential approximately 28–36 times higher than carbon dioxide (CO2).
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   What if food waste was a country?

   • To put that in context, if food waste was a country, it would be the third-highest emitter of in the world, after the US and China. But the good news is there are numerous techniques, technologies and policies that together could help reduce global food waste at every point in the process of producing and consuming it.

   We throw away a third of the food we grow – here’s what to do about w…

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   How important is food loss & waste at COP21?

   • While it may not be getting much attention at COP21, food loss and waste plays a huge role in the global climate change battle. Research shows that if food loss and waste were its own country, it would be world’s third-largest emitter!

   What’s Food Loss and Waste Got to Do with Climate Change

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   How much food is thrown away a year?

   • More than 900 million tonnes of food is thrown away every year, according to a global report. The UN Environment Programme 's Food Waste Index revealed that 17% of the food available to consumers - in shops, households and restaurants - goes directly into the bin. Some 60% of that waste is in the home.

   Food waste: Amount thrown away totals 900 million tonnes - BBC

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   How much food is wasted in the UK?

   • In the UK, households waste 6.6. million tonnes of food and 4.5 million tonnes of that is edible food - products that could have been eaten . The rest is inedible, things we can't eat like teabags, eggshells, and bones. Wrap says that the amount of edible food wasted in the UK could fill eight Wembley Stadiums. Why is it a problem?

   Food Waste: What is it and how does it affect the environment?

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   How much food is wasted a year?

   • Ecosystems and Resou... Data point: the dirt... Data Point: According to the FAO, the UNEP and Project Drawdown, the amount of food wasted or lost per year (globally) is 1.3bn in tonnes, which is worth US$2.6trn, and represents 8-10% of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions.

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   What is food waste?

   • Food waste is food that we don't eat. In the UK, households waste 6.6. million tonnes of food and 4.5 million tonnes of that is edible food - products that could have been eaten . The rest is inedible, things we can't eat like teabags, eggshells, and bones. Wrap says that the amount of edible food wasted in the UK could fill eight Wembley Stadiums.

   Food Waste: What is it and how does it affect the environment?

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   Oct 16, 2020 · If global food waste were a country, it would come third for greenhouse gas emissions, after China and the USA. Although food waste is a big problem, it is an easy way to help climate...

4. www.bbc.com › 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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   Jan 14, 2016 · If the world’s food waste were its own country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases following China and the US, require 250 cubic kilometres of water...

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   Top 20 of countries (year 2011) vs. Food wastage. If food wastage were . a country, it would be the third largest emitting country in the world. Global food loss and waste. The 2011 FAO assessment of global food losses and waste (1) estimated that each year, one-third of all food produced in the world for

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    Dec 11, 2015 · Research shows that if food loss and waste were its own country, it would be world’s third-largest emitter! While it may not be getting much attention at COP21, food loss and waste plays a huge role in the global climate change battle.