(EU) – The amount of food discarded as waste by households and the catering industry is equivalent to 123 kg per inhabitant a year and accounts for 16 per cent of the total amount of food reaching consumers. These are findings of a recent study carried out by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). ...
Europeans discard 16 per cent of their food as waste
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