Food waste is a global problem. Each year, an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of consumable foodstuffs are thought to be thrown away. And that figure could turn out to be twice as high, according to a study carried out by researchers in the Netherlands, published in February 2020 in The Lancet.
Food waste is therefore a major issue – one that many countries are trying to tackle by introducing measures on a national scale.
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