39 at the complete picture . We need to consider that a lot of packaging covers food , and waste of that resource is estimated at one third of all food produced . This amounts to enough to feed all of the world ’ s hungry four times over .
The World Bank estimated in 2012 that , on average worldwide , we each generated 1.2kg of waste per day . Only 18 % is being recycled , with almost half going to landfill , and the rest is litter . In the developed world , we generate twice as much waste per person .
“ YUK waste and recycling advisory body Wrap in 2015 estimated that , of the 7.3mn tonnes of household food thrown away , 4.4mn tonnes was actually edible ”
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