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Household waste counts for more than half (54 percent) of all food waste in the EU — equivalent to nearly 72kg per inhabitants. The rest is generated upward in the food supply chain, by the manufacturing sector (19 percent), restaurants and food services (11 percent) and retailing (eight percent) (Photo: freepik.com)

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From farm to trash: where is EU food waste coming from?

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by Salomé Bonneyrat,

In 2022, around 132kg of food per person were wasted in the EU. Overall, the 27-nation bloc generated more than 60 million tonnes of food waste, both edible and inedible, according to new figures published by the EU’s statistical office, Eurostat, on Friday (27 September).

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Household waste counts for more than half (54 percent) of all food waste in the EU — equivalent to nearly 72kg per inhabitants. The rest is generated upward in the food supply chain, by the manufacturing sector (19 percent), restaurants and food services (11 percent) and retailing (eight percent) (Photo: freepik.com)

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