Way Off facts · 🍔 Food
How much food is thrown away worldwide each year, in tonnes?
1 billion
tonnes per year
1,000,000,000 exactly, give or take
A billion tonnes — about a fifth of everything produced, while 730 million people go hungry.SOURCEUNEP Food Waste Index, 2024
Scale check: 1 billion is roughly 1 in 8 people on Earth.
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