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Jan 25, 2024 · In 2022, vegetables accounted for 30 percent of total food waste in Canada. Fruits constituted 15 percent of the wasted food, while leftovers comprised 13 percent. Read more
Oct 16, 2024 · The average Canadian household produces 79 kilograms of food waste per year according to the UN Food Waste Index. 47% of food waste in Canada is generated at the household level. Over six-tenths of food waste in Canada could be easily avoided.
- In Canada, over 50 million tonnes of food is wasted every year. That is 79 kilograms per average household in a year.
- In Canada, 47% of all food waste is generated at household level.
- Yes, it does. The food waste in Canada is equivalent to 9.8 million tonnes of CO2 every year. Redirecting or rescuing surplus edible food could sav...
- Yes, 60% of food waste in Canada could be avoided with better awareness and planning.
- In Canada, 47% of all food waste is generated at household level.
During the last year, UNEP released the Food Waste Index Report 2021, intending to support their Sustainable Development Goals. In today’s article, we’re going to take a deeper dive into the report and explain what it means for the fight against food waste in Canada.
Mar 4, 2021 · If we want to get serious about tackling food waste, we need to increase efforts to measure food and inedible parts wasted at retail and consumer level and track food waste generation in kilograms per capita at country level.
Nov 14, 2023 · In 2022, 18% of Canadian families reported experiencing food insecurity in the past 12 months, up from 16% in 2021. Food insecurity was the lowest in Quebec (14%) and highest in Newfoundland and Labrador (23%), New Brunswick (22%) and Alberta (22%).
To effectively address this issue and reduce food loss and waste at a national, provincial and territorial, municipal, agri-food sector, industry, and individual business level, it is crucial to know how much uneaten food is being lost or wasted in these different contexts.
The Food Waste Reduction Challenge was launched in 2020 to accelerate and advance diverse and high-impact solutions to food waste in Canada. In May 2021, twenty-four semi-finalists were selected under the Business Models stream of the Challenge (seeking solutions to prevent or divert food waste).
