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Discarded cabbages, mushrooms, bananas, tomatoes, and other produce filling a gray dumpster.

Food Waste Day Puts a Billion-Ton Problem on the Table

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Written by Ian Smith Article Date: 2026-09-23 Next Tuesday, September 29, is the United Nations' International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. The name is a mouthful, but the question behind…

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