The amount of food that gets thrown away each year could be produced from a country bigger than China: these are the proportions of food waste in the world.
The food sector contributes to this waste with 10.5 million tonnes – equal to 21 kilograms per European citizen each year. This means that the food sector accounts for 12% of the total amount of food waste (FP7 “FUSIONS” Project, Stime 2012).