To End Food Waste, Change Needs To Begin At Home : The Salt : NPR - 0 views
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Elizabeth Crawford on 19 Nov 14Food is the largest single source of waste in the U.S. More food ends up in landfills than plastic or paper. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 20 percent of what goes into municipal landfills is food. Food waste tipped the scale at 35 million tons in 2012, the most recent year for which estimates are available.