AMERICANS THROW OUT EQUIVALENT OF $165 BILLION IN FOOD WASTE EACH YEAR

摘要

Anew study by The Natural Resources Defense Council which identifies food loss at every stage of the food supply chain shows that 40% of food in the U.S. goes uneaten (up 50% from statistics in the 1970s) and winds up rotting in landfills. Organic food waste represents the largest component of solid waste reaching landfills each year. This amount of food waste translates into strain on 10% of the U.S. energy budget, 50% of U.S. land and 80% of all freshwater consumed in the U.S., which is all used in food production.