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Here’s how COVID-19 creates food waste mountains that threaten the environment

A worker operates a front loader at a waste treatment facility that turns vegetable waste into fertilizers, in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, China December 25, 2018. Picture taken December 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer  ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1D688F5E40

Coronavirus has caused mountains of food to go to waste. Image: REUTERS/Stringer

Emma Charlton
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