Top 10 countries that waste the most food: Food waste is not just about throwing away leftovers; it has a huge effect on our society, our economy, and even the planet’s health. Every year, the world loses hundreds of billions of dollars because of wasted food. On top of that, it drains valuable resources like water, land, and energy that were used to grow, process, and transport the food in the first place.

When this food ends up in landfills, it rots and releases methane gas, which is one of the most harmful greenhouse gases driving climate change. Scientists estimate that wasted food alone is responsible for about nine percent of all greenhouse gas emissions from the global food system. To give a sense of scale, the food system produced nearly 18 billion metric tons of emissions in 2

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