Food Waste Index Report 2024

• UNEP and WRAP jointly release the Food Waste Index Report 2024.

• The Food Waste Index report has been released just ahead of the 2024 International Zero Waste Day (30 March).

• According to the report, more than one billion miles were wasted globally in 2022.

• 1.05 billion tonnes of food waste generated in 2022. Of the total food waste, 60% occurred at the household level.

• 783 million people worldwide face hunger and almost a third face food insecurity.

• Many lower-middle-income countries do not have adequate systems in place to track progress towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goal of halving food waste by 2030.

• Australia, Japan, UK, US only. And the European Union has food waste tracking systems.

• The average level of household food waste across high-income, upper-middle and lower-middle income countries varies by just 7 kilograms per capita, the report said.