Food loss and waste account for 8% to 10ù of greenhouse gas emissions and have an economic cost of 1 trillion USD yearly. 60% of this waste is produced at the household level.
Before you take your food scraps and leftovers—whether fresh or decaying—to your door or to the community garbage bins for the waste collection vehicle, think of a plan B… or maybe even a plan C. In fact, we’ve got more than plan A, B and C.
Here are 12 ways to give food items a new life while reducing the cost of food waste in the world.