From wasted economy to wasted planet

NAIROBI: As we sit down to lunch or dinner on this World Environment Day, it is important to consider this: one-third of all food produced globally each year – 300 million tonnes – is wasted.

This waste costs the global economy a staggering one trillion dollars a year. Industrialised regions account for almost half of the total. The food we discard is still fit for human consumption and could feed more than 800 million people in the world today.