Which European country produces the most food waste?

European citizens collectively waste nearly 60 tonnes of food annually, and authorities are aiming to slash the figure by 2030.

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00:00Europeans continue to generate a staggering amount of food waste.

00:11The latest Eurostat data shows each EU citizen produces an average of 132 kilograms of waste per year.

00:21This amounts to a total of 59.2 million tons across the entire bloc.

00:28Households are responsible for over half of it, 54%, while the remaining 46% comes from the supply chain.

00:39Cyprus and Denmark are by far the biggest food wasters of all 27 members.

00:46The Mediterranean island produces an average of 294 kilos of food waste per person annually.

00:54254 in Denmark, Portugal ranks third with 185 per capita.

01:02Authorities blame issues like impulse buying, poor planning, lack of cooking skills and a low perceived value of food

01:13and also point to misconceptions about labels like best before and use by as contributing factors.

01:21The EU has pledged to halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level by 2030.