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‘Ugly’ veggies that no one buys add to Singapore’s huge food waste
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There is a "hidden crisis" in the fruit and vegetable sector which makes up more than a third of the almost 3.3 million tonnes of food waste each year, says the writer.
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Mathilde Chatin
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Some 13,000 tonnes – that was the total amount of food waste generated in Singapore in 2022.
New research by the World Wide Fund for Nature has revealed a “hidden crisis” in the fruit and vegetable sector which makes up more than a third of the almost 3.3 million tonnes of food waste each year.
