Articles Tagged with ''food waste''

As Americans take notice of increasingly strained global food resources, new research from Mintel reveals that four in five (80%) US food shoppers agree that reducing food waste is as important as reducing packaging waste. In an effort to limit waste, half (52%) of consumers prefer to buy foods with minimal/no packaging.

The Consumer Goods Forum announced its commitment to tackling the global food waste challenge by agreeing to halve food waste within the operations of its 400 retailer and manufacturers members by 2025. Food waste is an enormous environmental, social and economic challenge. A third of food calories produced are never eaten.

As much as half of the food produced in the world ends up going to waste, a London-based study found.

A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council offers some startling statistics about the amount of food wasted in the United States.

Experts at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit in Chicagosaid an estimated 30-50% of the food produced in the world goes uneaten.

The European Commission has issued a new report that looks at the issue of food waste in the EU.

Unilever Food Solutions' latest World Menu Report, "Sustainable Kitchens: Reducing Food Waste," demonstrates the issue of food waste hits a nerve with U.S. consumers who eat out at least once a week.

British shoppers are throwing away £12 billion worth of food a year.