US EditionSpanish Consumers Threw 4.4% Less Food Into the Trash Can in 2024
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Food waste in Spain has been reduced by 4.4% in 2024, to 1,125 million kilos, which supposes that it has been managed to prevent 51.54 million kilos or liters from ending up in garbage, according to data from the annual report on food waste, in which an accumulated reduction of almost 20% has been achieved since 2020.In addition, the waste per capita has been reduced to 24.38 kilos or liters per person, "consolidating a sustained downward trend …
Food waste is one of the most urgent and important challenges facing humanity today in order to avoid those tons of food that are lost and thrown at different stages of the production and consumption chain, from agriculture to the home. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), about one third of all food produced in the world is wasted, equivalent to about 1.3 billion tons per year. This waste (which in Spa…
Food waste in Spain has been reduced by 4.4% in 2024, to 1.125 billion kilos, which means that 51.54 million kilos or liters have been prevented from ending up in the trash, according to data from the annual report on food waste, which has achieved a cumulative reduction of almost 20% since 2020. Read more]]>
This follows from the 2024 Annual Report on Food Waste, prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) and published on Friday. "The 2024 marks a turning point in the fight against food waste", celebrated in a statement by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, who said that there is a "structural" change that is reinforced, with the Law on the Prevention of Loss and Food Waste approved this year. For P…
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