Estimates of European food waste levels
Food waste is an issue of importance to global food security and good environmental governance, directly linked with environmental (e.g. energy, climate change, water, availability of resources), economic (e.g. resource efficiency, price volatility, increasing costs, consumption, waste management, commodity markets) and social (e.g. health, equality) impacts. Different studies show that between 1/3 and 1/2 of the world food production is not consumed (Gustavsson et al, 2011; Bio Intelligence study, 2010), leading to negative impacts throughout the food supply chain including households. There is a pressing need to prevent and reduce food waste to make the transition to a resource efficient Europe.
Organization: Fusion
Year: 2016
ISBN: 978-91-88319-01-2
Country/ies: European Union
Geographical coverage: European Union (European Union)
Type: Report
Full text available at: http://www.eu-fusions.org/phocadownload/Publications/Estimates%20of%20European%20food%20waste%20levels.pdf
Content language: English