Combating Food Waste (Infographic)

Did you know that 40 percent of the food produced in the United States is uneaten, resulting in at least 62.5 million tons of wasted food annually?

Or that a mere 10 percent of food is recovered each year across the entire supply chain?

And that one-third of all food produced in the world is never eaten, which has tremendous economic, social and environmental consequences?

New research is shedding light on ways to combat the issue of food waste.

A report prepared on behalf of Champions 12.3 finds that for every $1 companies invested to reduce food loss and waste, they saved $14 in operating costs. The report finds that household savings could be much greater.

For every $1 companies invested to reduce food loss and waste, they saved $14 in operating costs.

In a first-of-its kind analysis, The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste evaluated financial cost and benefit data for 1,200 sites across 700 companies in 17 countries, finding that nearly every site realized a…