
10 food waste facts you need to know | OLIO
10 food waste facts. FACT 1. Over 1/3 of all food produced globally goes to waste. Ref. FACT 2. The annual value of food wasted globally is $1 trillion, and it weighs 1.3 billion tonnes. Ref. FACT 3. All the world’s nearly one billion hungry people could be fed on less than a quarter of the food that is wasted in the US, UK and Europe.