Food waste
Around a third of food is wasted. This is a waste of all the natural resources used to produce the food and it creates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as it decomposes in landfill
Key facts on food loss and waste
Key facts on global food waste from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
An overview of the causes and impacts of food waste from the University of Oxford’s Food Climate Research Network
The Australian Government’s national food waste strategy
Sustainable development goal target 12.3 on food waste
Sustainable development goal target to halve per capita global food waste by 2030
Tips to reduce household food waste from the Victorian Government Love Food Hate Waste program
An infographic from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on ways to reduce household food waste
Videos
A video by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations about the environmental footprint of wasted food.
A short video from ABC War on Waste
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