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In 2021, about how many tonnes of food were wasted worldwide?

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about 141 trillion calories

By one 2010 estimate, how many trillion calories of food go to waste in the U.S. every year?

That's an enormous amount of wasted energy: food that was grown, processed and shipped but never eaten.

Source: Wikipedia, Food waste (2010) en.wikipedia.org

about 3.3 billion tons

Wasted food worldwide generates about how many billion tons of CO2-equivalent emissions each year?

If food waste were a country, its greenhouse gas footprint would rank among the largest emitters in the world.

Source: Wikipedia, Food waste (2021) en.wikipedia.org

about 1,500 vs 400-500 calories per day

On average, people in developed countries waste roughly how much more food per day than people in developing countries?

People in wealthier countries tend to waste far more food per person each day than those in developing countries.

Source: Wikipedia, Food waste (2021) en.wikipedia.org

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