Impact of food

waste
Understanding social and
economic consequences
Annual food waste by a
region (kg per person)

0 100000 300000

Europe 356531

Latin America 287702

China, Japan, Korea 133230

Australia 96239

West and Central Africa 80607 Series 40

870 million people could have been

fed if the food waste was reduced.
By reducing it we can save these 100

80

three resources: land, water and 60

40

also energy. Food is, each year, worth 1

20

trillion dollars, this does

amount to 1.3 billion food
tones are wasted.

40 and 30% of food supply has gone to waste.

This is equal to more than 20 food pounds of
food per person and also per month. 310
billion annually is the food’s economic cost in
developing countries, which is enough to feed
750 million people in the world. Canada could
be food waste, but if it were its once
independent place. It is so huge that it’s an
emitter of green house gases after USA and
China.
8 percent of food waste were
responsible for greenhouse gas
emissions, it makes itself third
biggest emitter after again USA
and China. Through solutions for
recovery of food, we can secure
1,8 billion meals to people who
need it