In the EU, 70 million tons of food ends in the trasher

While food is getting scarcer and more expensive worldwide, about a third of the food ends in trash – told FAO, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday, scheduled right before the “Save Food” conference of Düsseldorf.

In Europe and in North America, a person wastes about 115 kg of food each year, while in the poorer regions, including Southeast Asia, or Africa, this volume is 11 kilograms. According to FAO experts; the loss – depending on the type of food is between 20-75 percent, and exceeds an overall more than one billion tonne per year. In the European Union, an annual 70 million tons of food ends in the trasher – reports ProfitLine.hu.