World Environment Day is one of those well-intentioned U.N. designations -- an annual celebration meant to bring awareness to a global resource problem. This year it is an issue near and dear to my heart: food waste.
A poster for this year's World Environment Day. Illustration courtesy of the United Nations Environment Programme.
I've written about the water footprint, and general arrogance, of food waste a couple of times before, for Water Currents:
365 Trillion Gallons of Water Thrown Away With Our Food Every Year
Waste Food, Waste Water — A Message From World Water Week
But will recap some of the stats floating around:
