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For many Canadians, wasting food is an everyday occurrence, one many of us don't think twice about. According to Second Harvest, one-third of food worldwide is wasted, and in Canada, 40 per cent of that occurs at the retail or consumer levels. Even worse, more than 200 million tonnes of food are wasted annually.
But food waste does not have to be an accepted reality. There are several, simple ways to reduce the amount of food waste you produce in your household.