Everyone has role to play in eliminating food waste

Food-waste bins are bulging after Christmas, while retail stores are calculating the amount of edible product left on their shelves after the big shopping spree.

It is timely to focus on the amount of food that is wasted across the globe each year.

Some 300m barrels of oil, and 550trn litres of water, are used annually to produce the 1.3bn tonnes of food that is wasted even as one in seven people suffers from food proverty.