It is easy to understimate the social and environmental impact of food waste. We hope that this 10 food waste facts give you an insight into the issue and why organisations like The Felix Project play a key role in trying to solve the current food imbalance situation
65% of UK adults admit to buying too much food that ends up being thrown away with London and Newcastle reporting the highest rates of food waste. WRAP estimates that 1 in every 5 shopping bags is fully wasted!
Producing food requires significant natural resources including land, water and energy. On a global scale the food system generates between 25%-30% of total greenhouse gas emissions, and the agricultural supply chains uses 70% of global freshwater reserves.
Every tonne of food waste ending in landfill produces approximately 4.2 tonnes of greenhouse gases. If it were a country, food waste would be the third highest emitter of greenhouse gases behind the USA and China!
40% of food waste in the hospitality industry are carbohydrates. Forget team ‘no carbs before marbs’! We are definitely all for the carb loading camp!
