Half of all food produced is not eaten

Two billion tonnes worth of food, or 50% of the food produced globally, is put in the bin according to stomach-churning analysis by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The waste is caused by poor infrastructure and storage facilities, overly-strict sell-by dates, “buy-one-get-one-free” offers, and consumer fussiness, according to the membership-based engineering group. The world…