"UN Report: Over 1 Billion Meals Wasted Daily While Millions Suffer from Hunger"

A new UN report reveals that global households wasted over 1 billion meals per day in 2022, amounting to an estimated $1 trillion worth of food and weighing 1.05 billion tons. Food waste accounts for nearly 19% of the food available to consumers, with households contributing 60% of the total waste. The report emphasizes the impact of food waste on greenhouse gas emissions and highlights disparities between rural and urban populations. It calls for enhanced data collection and public-private partnerships to reduce food waste and its environmental impacts, urging countries to prioritize the issue to reverse food loss and waste.