Sentences with phrase «threw millions of households»

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The point is that the nation has received zero value from trillions in quantitative easing, and so if even 10 % of the 130 million households do something useful with their $ 10,000 in cash then that would be one heck of a lot more than we've gotten from the trillions thrown down the rathole of a venal, corrupted, insolvent banking sector.

The recycling advisory body, Wrap, reported that 4.4 million tonnes of household food waste were thrown away in 2015 that could've been eaten.

As for the inspiration behind the food waste posters, the studio said: «After learning that 7.3 million tonnes of otherwise edible food were thrown out by UK households in 2015 — which equates to # 13 billion and 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gases — we were inspired to create something meaningful using our skills to help raise money and awareness of food waste.»

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been lambasting the nation for wasting food — apparently the British throw out 4.1 million tons of good food each year — wasting an average of # 420 (US$ 832) per household.

According to CSIR studies, 13 million people go hungry every day, 20 % of households are food insecure, South Africans throw away almost 10 million tonnes of food per year (more than the UK), 30 % of all agricultural production ends up as waste to landfill, and the total cost of food waste is estimated at R61.5 billion per year.