Food waste ranges from 25 - 75 percent, depending on the food type, that amounts to 1.3 tons of edible food that's tossed each year. The food industry creates up to 30% of the world's annual carbon emissions. That's not it, it creates more emissions once it's discarded to landfills.
In this article statistics compare how much food is wasted between countries all over the world. Also, methane is a greenhouse gas that is much more dangerous than carbon dioxide.
This article talks about how much it costs the US to get rid of the food waste. It also talks about how food waste releases methane, which is more harmful than carbon dioxide.
Individuals need to be aware where the food they eat comes from. Eating organic food is one way to go. This article givers five important tips to reduce food waste.
This article is more in a diagram form. It tells you were all the produce starts and gives you the different steps. At each level it gives information about different food waste or the resources we are wasting in America. This table/article is neat to look at if you're a visual person.
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