At an annual meeting of the Montreal Protocol on November 9, more than 70 countries pledged to reduce the amount of food lost due to poor refrigeration. According to an ABC News report, poor refrigeration leads to the loss of approximately 9 percent of perishable food in developed countries and roughly 23 percent in developing countries.
Experts claim that in addition to helping reduce food waste, better refrigeration would help cut greenhouse gas emissions as well as the harmful gases used in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.
