In 2021, about how many tonnes of food were wasted worldwide?
Answerabout 931 million tonnes
That works out to roughly 121 kg of wasted food per person on the planet in a single year.
Source: Wikipedia, Food waste (2021) en.wikipedia.org
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By one 2010 estimate, how many trillion calories of food go to waste in the U.S. every year?
Answerabout 141 trillion calories
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
Wasted food worldwide generates about how many billion tons of CO2-equivalent emissions each year?
Answerabout 3.3 billion tons
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
On average, people in developed countries waste roughly how much more food per day than people in developing countries?
Answerabout 1,500 vs 400-500 calories per day
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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