Households lose up to $1,600 a year as well as key nutrients through avoidable food waste, say University of Guelph researchers who have completed the most in-depth known study worldwide on the growing problem.
The study pinpoints the hefty economic, nutritional and environmental price of food waste borne by households, a complicated but increasingly urgent issue for consumers and policy-makers to tackle, said study co-author Prof. Mike von Massow, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics.
The study was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition.
Unlike earlier food waste studies based on estimates, the U of G study involved detailed waste audits and tracked household food spending for greater accuracy.
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