The World Is Wasting About $29 Trillion a Year. Here’s Where It Goes.

Earth911
May 19, 2026, 7:00 am108 ptsTrending
Imagine if every time the world made $100, it threw away $31 of it. Not lost. Not saved. Just wasted — in food that rotted before anyone ate it, in phones and washing machines that broke way too soon, and in heat that escaped from factories and power plants. That’s roughly what the global economy does every…

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