Humans wasted 1 billion meals daily in 2022, U.N. report finds

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, humans wasted 19% of all available food in 2022. That's equivalent to one billion meals per day. Brian Roe, agricultural and environmental economics professor at Ohio State University, joins CBS News to discuss the implications.

[minoly]

We contribute ours to yard waste and recycle 🙂

[MaurytheHedgehogDog]

Check the industrial rather than the individual.

[tommcfadden]

Hmm. How did they estimate the amount of food being wasted?

[shekbake]

As humans, we often harbor a selfish perspective, believing that consumption or possession is the sole means to prevent waste. However, this view overlooks a fundamental ecological truth: nothing is truly wasted in nature. What does not nourish us feeds another—be it another animal, an insect, or bacteria. The cycle of life ensures that what we dismiss as waste sustains another form of life. Thus, the notion that only human consumption validates the worth of food or materials is a limited perspective. It disregards the intricate web of life, where every morsel plays a role in nourishing the ecosystem.😢

[fatcole]

I've increased my intake by a factor of 10, I'm doing my part

[LAR-hsqt]

The critic and false prophets of world overpopulation and food scarcity need to see this news. Do you still think you're right naysayer?

[mitchellbutler]

You can smell when foods bad … smells alright in it goes .

[JohnAranita]

It's because of the industrial revolution.

[louern]

come live in my house, my husband drinks 2 L of milk a day and eats an entire head of lettuce after dinner 😂

[TableForOne]

It's already garbage to start with if it's US food.

[HealthyMBS]

I can't believe we're throwing away 20 percent of our food. We have to eat 100 percent of our food or else we will run out. This stuff doesn't just grow on trees

[cecilelaforce]

Thank you for reporting on this CBS. It's important. I'm sorry everybody else is obsessed with Trump - a different kind of waste.

[moonlightpixie]

Damn i shall endeavor to do better with our leftovers.

[ashsmith]

I think I got a solution if we all just eat hot pockets and Twinkies we’ll be good. Nothing will be wasted as they last forever.