Here is something worth pausing on: right now, while roughly 783 million people around the world face food insecurity, nearly 1 billion tonnes of edible food is discarded every single year. That is close to one-fifth of all food available to consumers wasted before it ever has the chance to nourish anyone. About 60% of that food waste occurs at the household level, meaning in kitchens all over the world, according to the 2024 UNEP Food Waste Index Report. In response to this