The world wastes about 1 billion metric tons of food each year.
Food waste is a huge problem. How big? About 931million metric tons. That's how much food that researchers with the UnitedNations estimate was wasted in 2019, according to the Food Waste Index Report 2021, which surveyed 54 countries,finding that the majority of wasted food (61%) comes from homes whilerestaurants and other food services produce 26% of wasted food. Grocery storesmake up just 13% of food waste.
