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Wasted even half of food production

Even half of the globally produced food is wasted. Such alarming statistics was published by International Institute of Mechanical Engineers, based in London. The world produces four billion tons of food a year. A large proportion, perhaps as much as two billion tonnes - is not consumed. In rich countries, food is often discarded. Supermarkets do not take vegetables and fruits that are too small or naughty look.
Responsible for wasting food, consumers in developed countries, who simply throw out much of the food, which do not have time to eat. And restaurants
In developing countries, technology is poor harvests and poor transport. Here and there even wasted 80 percent of the rice. The report calls on governments to consumers and the food saver, which could feed the starving part of the ever-growing world population.

As for the situation in Poland is the average Pole thrown into the trash food for ca 70 EUR - The European Union wasted 90 million tons of food annually, and Poland has had its 10-percent stake. This means that the country is thrown away every year, 9 million tons of food, both at the production, distribution, and by households. The trend for a few years is increasing. During the holidays, the amount of food wasted doubled.