SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction

Infographic: Food loss and waste facts

05 Aug 2015

Every year around the globe 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted, that is a 1/3 of all food produced for human consumption.

Food losses represent a waste of resources used in production such as land, water, energy and inputs, increasing the green gas emissions in vain.