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Food waste: Turning trash into treasure

By France24
24 May 2020   |   12:39 pm
As people across the globe stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic, residential trash has increased dramatically. While on average households used to cook once or twice a day, many are now making at least three meals on a daily basis, generating along the way an abundant yet unexploited resource: food waste.

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