people still relied on polluting cooking fuels and technologies in 2024
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of food waste generated by households, food service and retail in 2022
In 2024, about 2 billion people still relied on polluting cooking fuels and technologies. In 2022, households, food service and retail generated 1.05 billion tonnes of food waste worldwide.
The waste estimate includes inedible parts; it is not all recoverable food. Clean cooking and food waste are separate environmental measures with different reporting years.
Reference years are shown for each measure. These statistics describe global conditions, not results achieved by The Raines Foundation. Sources checked October 15, 2026.
Sources and reporting dates
- WHO — New SDG data shows stalled progress on air pollution and health ↗ Published 2026-06-29
- UNEP — World squanders over 1 billion meals a day - UN report ↗ Published 2024-03-27
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