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Almost a fifth of the food produced globally in 2022 was wasted, even though around a third of humanity is facing hunger, a U.N. body said in a recent report. Of the 1.05 billion tons of food waste, around 60 percent came from households, while the food service and retail sectors were responsible for about 28 percent and 12 percent, respectively, according to the U.N. Environment Program’s Food Waste Index Report. The report, released in late March, came as the U.N. body is tracking countries’ progress in halving food waste by 2030 under the Sustainable Development Goals. But the figure worsen…

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