04 Sep 2019 --- More than one billion metric tons of food are collectively lost or wasted every year along the food supply chain, and actions to prevent further misuse cannot come quickly enough. This is according to the recently published report Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Setting a Global Action Agenda by the World Resources Institute (WRI), which identifies three key steps to halve food loss and waste by 2030. Robust examples include packaging solutions that extend shelf-life, as well as building capacity in practices to reduce losses, such as milk spills and food contamination.
