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The food-rescue ecosystem these networks plug into moves real food at massive scale:
Context figures are reported by the named organizations — they document the scale of food rescue and food waste across networks like Rescue Relay, not Rescue Relay's own totals. Each carries its source and the period it covers.
931,000,000 tons
of food wasted globally each year (61% household, 26% food service, 13% retail)
UN Environment Programme — Food Waste Index · 2021 report; 2019 data
14%
of the world's food lost before it ever reaches retail
FAO — The State of Food and Agriculture 2019 · 2019 report; 2016 data
25,000,000 meals
delivered each year by OzHarvest from food that would otherwise be wasted
OzHarvest (Australia) · annual
33,000,000,000 lbs
wasted each year by U.S. restaurants alone (upper estimate)
U.S. restaurant food-waste estimate (cited in FAO/UN literature) · annual estimate
30-day trend
Pounds rescued per day
Weekly outcomes
Delivered vs expired (honest loss)
By neighborhood
Where the food is moving
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