Global Food Loss and Waste - The Trillion Dollar Bin analyzed using SAS Visual Analytics

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We are throwing away $1,000,000,000,000 (One Trillion USD) every single year. I recently dove into the UN and FAO open data to visualize exactly where this value is going. The results were eye opening. It’s not just supermarkets or supply chains—it’s us. Households account for 60% of the global total.

I used SAS Visual Analytics on SAS Viya to map the "Invisible Cost" of our food system. The report combines mass, economic value, and emissions intensity to show the triple-bottom-line impact of what we throw in the bin.

Global Food Loss and Waste - The Trillion Dollar Bin

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