An estimated one third of global food production is wasted.

When food is lost or wasted, the energy, land, and water resources that went into producing it are squandered as well.

In poor countries, food is lost due to inadequate storage and gaps in the supply chain (for example, a lack of refrigeration) in rich countries, food is also wasted in the supply chain, and consumers throw a lot of food away.

Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it s inedible but because it doesn t look appealing. Tristram Stuart delves into the shocking data of wasted food, calling for a more responsible use of global resources.

But the opportunity was wasted.

This opportunity must not be wasted.

The field is wasted, the land mourneth for the corn is wasted the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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True, government infrastructure spending is often wasted.

He saith ' I have wasted riches plenteous .

He saith ' I have wasted riches plenteous .

Unfortunately, empirical data, good, hard stats, don't exist, and therefore to prove my point, I first of all had to find some proxy way of uncovering how much food was being wasted.

Amman Wasted time is always to be regretted.

What , when we are bones old and wasted ? '

He shall say I have wasted much wealth .

What , when we are bones old and wasted ? '

He shall say I have wasted much wealth .

The blood of our martyrs has not been wasted.

He says ( boastfully ) I have wasted wealth in abundance !

He says ( boastfully ) I have wasted wealth in abundance !

In the rich world, the focus is on food wasted by the consumer. This makes sense more than half of the rich world s losses take place in its kitchens (basically because we can afford it).

So score the stimulus a very expensive, largely wasted opportunity.

Moreover, the opportunity provided by the oil boom was wasted.

Unfortunately, the summit is likely to be a wasted opportunity.

Say Shall I tell you whose labour will be wasted ?

He says I have wasted a great deal of wealth .

Say Shall I tell you whose labour will be wasted ?

He says I have wasted a great deal of wealth .

This would mean less wasted time and more clarity for litigants.

Not only was precious time wasted, but further damage was done.

But it did no good. Most aid was stolen or wasted.

Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive.

The second myth is that aid from rich countries is inevitably wasted.

It was once said, flippantly, that youth is wasted on the young.

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

If you've been in a restaurant kitchen, you've seen how much food, water and energy can be wasted there. Chef Arthur Potts Dawson shares his very personal vision for drastically reducing restaurant, and supermarket, waste creating recycling, composting, sustainable engines for good .

But the challenge may not be as daunting as it seems. The rate of population growth will be much slower than over the past 50 years, and there is much room for reducing the vast quantities of food that are now wasted.

The World Trade Organization, meanwhile, has wasted valuable time on the irrelevant Doha round.

All the talk of an improved NATO European Union partnership is mainly wasted breath.

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

I wasted no time in asking the Israeli authorities for permission to travel to Europe.

Be steadfast for surely , God does not let the wages of the righteous be wasted .

Be steadfast for surely , God does not let the wages of the righteous be wasted .

No, they wasted their money on this. What about this thing? it really is quite phenomenal.