- Much fridge food ‘goes there to die’ - Survey data shows people toss about half the food they think they'll eat, often because of ambiguous use-by and best-by labels, contributing significantly to the nation's food-waste problem. https://news.osu.edu/much-fridge-food-goes-there-to-die/ 372 comments science
- India Wastes As Much Food As United Kingdom Consumes: Study http://businessworld.in/article/india-wastes-as-much-food-as-united-kingdom-consumes-study/27-08-2017-124858/ 1206 comments worldnews
- India Wastes As Much Food As United Kingdom Consumes: Study http://businessworld.in/article/india-wastes-as-much-food-as-united-kingdom-consumes-study/27-08-2017-124858/ 42 comments india
- EU wastes 153m tonnes of food a year – much more than it imports, says report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/20/eu-wastes-153m-tonnes-of-food-a-year-much-more-than-it-imports-says-report 135 comments europe
- EU wastes 153m tonnes of food a year – much more than it imports, says report | Food waste https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/20/eu-wastes-153m-tonnes-of-food-a-year-much-more-than-it-imports-says-report 20 comments worldnews
- The world wastes twice as much food as previously estimated — and rich countries are disproportionately responsible. Belgium had the most food waste, and the Philippines had the least. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228369 11 comments science
- We Waste So Much Food That Congress Might Actually Do Something: As much as 40 percent of food produced in America gets thrown out. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/food-waste-date-labels-chellie-pingree_us_576a8deee4b0c0252e77c263 133 comments politics
- More than $31 billion worth of food is wasted every year in Canada and when energy, water and other resource costs are factored in the true cost could be up to three times that much, a new report suggests. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/food-waste-costs-canada-31b-a-year-report-says-1.2869708 97 comments worldnews
- Over 715,000 tonnes of food are wasted annually in Denmark, with nearly a quarter of that figure coming from retailers. That is too much, say the Social Democrats, who are prepared to legislate against wastage. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190529/denmarks-social-democrats-want-to-stop-supermarkets-from-wasting-food 17 comments worldnews
- 1st German supermarket sells waste food only. The store in Cologne is the first of its kind in the country and the 3rd one in the European Union. There are no fixed prices. Consumers decide how much they think a product is worth. http://www.dw.com/en/first-german-supermarket-sells-waste-food-only/a-37426777 12 comments worldnews
- China wastes almost 30% of its food. Out-of-home dining accounts for some of the nation’s wasted food, but much more is lost during food storage and processing. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00317-6 14 comments science
- China's efforts to cut food waste put dinner tables under the government's watchful eye: A call from Beijing to reduce food waste has sent officials and businesses scrambling to find ways to stop people from ordering too much, and in some extreme cases put meal times under surveillance https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/28/asia/china-xi-jinping-clean-plate-campaign-dst-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-08-30t05%3A01%3A06&utm_term=link&utm_source=twcnni 20 comments worldnews
- We're leaving so much food on farms to just rot in the fields: Most of the reports you hear about food waste don't even include the amount that’s left behind on farms, but new research shows it's a lot https://www.fastcompany.com/90380088/were-leaving-so-much-food-on-farms-to-just-rot-in-the-fields 10 comments economy
- How much water is needed to produce food and how much do we waste? "Approximately 3.8tn cubic metres of water is used by humans annually with 70% being consumed by the global agriculture sector. The amount of water wasted globally that never reach the consumer is estimated at 550bn cubic metres" http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/jan/10/how-much-water-food-production-waste 6 comments worldnews
- Climate-killing food waste addressed at UN talks | A third of the food we produce is wasted, emitting as much as 10% of global greenhouse gases. Failed targets to reduce food waste — especially in rich nations — need to be urgently updated at COP27, says UN. https://www.dw.com/en/climate-killing-food-waste-addressed-at-un-talks/a-63783441 2 comments environment
- Why India Can't Feed Her People --- Production of food per head is shrinking. And much of what is grown is lost or wasted. Main culprits are primitive farming methods and poor distribution infrastructure. India "wastes more grain each year than Australia produces" http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1026114--why-india-can-t-feed-her-people?bn=1 296 comments worldnews
- "I saw a very old man eating his own human waste for food," Krishnan said. "It really hurt me so much. I was literally shocked for a second. After that, I started feeding that man and decided this is what I should do the rest of my lifetime." http://www.cnn.com/2010/living/04/01/cnnheroes.krishnan.hunger/index.html?iref=24hours 30 comments reddit.com
- WTF? Former Monsanto VP may head FDA Safety Working Group. Same person thinks the FDA wastes too much time on food safety inspections at meat packing plants http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/fox-guard-henhouse-former-monsanto-vp 15 comments politics
- 'Morally broken' tax incentives mean homeless denied food left to waste - Michael Gove has said “much, much more” must be done to tackle food waste as it emerged producers are “incentivised” to send their surplus to green energy plants rather than to charities that feed the vulnerable. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/25/michael-gove-urged-set-15m-fund-divert-surplus-food-charities/ 1171 comments worldnews