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Americans throw out about 40 percent of the food they produce annually, the equivalent of $165 billion. When one of every six Americans lacks food security, the amount of food discarded every year is even more startling.
Smurfit Kappa, one of the world leaders in paper-based packaging, has announced its latest packaging innovation, the Shelf-Facer, proven to increase the visibility of goods on the shelf by up to 50 percent, leading to a significant increase in potential sales.
The European Commission estimates that every year, up to 90 million tons of food is wasted in Europe and about a third of the food for human consumption is wasted globally – approx. 1.3 billion tons.