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FOOD WASTE
89 million tonnes
of food are wasted
each year
in the European Union2
18
million
28%
1.4 billion
hectares of land:
28% of the worlds
agricultural land4
The direct
consequences
of global food
waste amount
to
$750
billion
annually7
References:
1.
2.
European Parliament (2014) Tackling Food Waste: The EUs contribution to a global issue.
European Parliamentary Research Service. Available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/
bibliotheque/briefing/2014/130678/LDM_BRI(2014)130678_REV1_EN.pdf
3.
4.
FAO (2013) Food Waste Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources. FAO. Available: http://
www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3347e/i3347e.pdf
5.
Evans, D and Welch, D (2015) Food Waste Transitions: Consumption, Retail and Collaboration
Towards a Sustainable Food System. Sustainable Consumption Institute Manchester: Available
at: http://www.sci.manchester.ac.uk/sites/default/files/SCI%20Food%20Waste%20Transitions%
20Report.pdf
6.
This is Rubbish (2013) Counting What Matters: The Report of the Industry Food Waste Audit
Proposal. This is Rubbish. Available at: http://www.thisisrubbish.org.uk/counting-what-mattersreport/
7.
Evans, D and Welch, D (2015) Food Waste Transitions: Consumption, Retail and Collaboration
Towards a Sustainable Food System. Sustainable Consumption Institute Manchester: Available
at: http://www.sci.manchester.ac.uk/sites/default/files/SCI%20Food%20Waste%20Transitions%
20Report.pdf