{"id":47066,"date":"2026-10-02T08:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47066"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:05:27","slug":"food-waste-tops-one-billion-meals-daily-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/food-waste-tops-one-billion-meals-daily-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Food waste tops one billion meals daily worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">More than a billion meals are wasted around the world every day, while rotting food releases methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns that food loss and waste are also putting pressure on food security, forests and sustainable food systems, at a time when millions of people still go hungry.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As the world looks for quick and practical ways to bring down temperatures, the focus has turned to food.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In June 2026 the UN Secretary-General issued a Call to Action on Methane, calling for action across three sectors: fossil fuels, agriculture and waste.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the waste sector, the call emphasises the need to reduce organic waste, divert organics from landfills, end open dumping and build more circular, low-methane waste systems.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23430,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47066","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"More than a billion meals are wasted around the world","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47067,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47066\/revisions\/47067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}