Skip to main content
A United Nations report released on Thursday, March 4, 2021 estimates 17% of the food produced globally each year is wasted. Credit - Dave Zajac/Record-Journal via AP
March 5, 2021
sprep-pa

Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. It's a familiar routine for many—and indicative of habits that contribute to a global food waste problem that a new United Nations report says needs to be better measured so that it can be effectively addressed. The U.N. report estimates 17% of the food produced globally each year is wasted. 

Full Article