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Food wasted this year

135,900,000,000 tonnes CO₂

Carbon left before 1.5 °C of warming

About 3 years left at today’s pace.

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900,003,343 tonnes

Source: UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024 Yearly figure, counted live Spotted an error?

About a fifth of all the food sold to shoppers and diners. Your share: 108 kg of food wasted so far this year.

Food thrown away since 1 January by homes, restaurants and shops. Most of it is wasted at home. Rotting food releases methane, and the land, water and energy used to grow it are wasted too.

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