If food waste was a country, it would be the third highest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
Producing food requires resources – from the fresh water and energy used in the harvesting and transportation, to the distribution and packaging processes and materials. Food waste accounts for these losses and then when left to rot in landfills, it produces methane – one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases – which contributes to global warming and our climate crisis.
