Sentences with phrase «global food waste problem»

Over the last few years, there has been rapid growth in awareness and acknowledgment of the global food waste problem.

US - based sustainable production system provider Greenbelt developed a new solution to address the global food waste problem.

The White Paper «It's time to end food waste» explores the origins, the reasons and some exciting solutions for the global food waste problem.

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Food waste is a global problem impacting both the environment.

In May 2015 under the Turkey Presidency, the G20 agriculture ministers highlighted the extent of food loss and waste (FLW) as «a global problem of enormous economic, environmental and societal significance» and encouraged all G20 members to strengthen their collective efforts to prevent and reduce FLW.

Food waste is a global, billion - dollar problem.

The findings further emphasise the problem of food waste, highlighted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers» report Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not, published in Janufood waste, highlighted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers» report Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not, published in JanuFood: Waste Not, Want Not, published in January.

The G20 agriculture ministers highlighted the extent of food loss and waste (FLW) as «a global problem of enormous economic, environmental and societal significance» and encouraged all G20 members to strengthen their collective efforts to reduce FLW.

However, she said two thirds of global food waste currently goes to landfill, creating environmental pollution and contributing to social problems.

The human toll is devastating enough but food loss and waste also costs the global economy $ 940 billion USD per year and is a huge environmental problem.

Junguo Liu and colleagues point out that food waste is a global problem with an estimated one - third to one - half of food produced worldwide being lost or wasted from farm to fork.

There's been a lot of talk lately about the food crisis, and particularly linking it to growing crops for biofuels (a highly inefficient process which seems to drive prices up, particularly in US policy), but Frances More Lappe argued in her books several years ago that there is, in fact, enough food on the planet to feed us all, but localized political troubles (grain rotting in Haitian ports), increasing desertification, food waste, and problems with global supply chains are better explanations for why so many go hungry.