Food Print -Waste

Food waste is estimated at between 30-40 percent of the food supply

That’s approximately 133 billion pounds of food

A total of $161.6 billion loss

141 trillion calories per year

Globally, food is lost or wasted at about the same rate

Food loss = food that spills, spoils or is lost before it reaches the consumer. This is typically due to problems in storage, packaging and processing.

Food waste = quality food that is not consumed. This most often takes place once food has reached retail or the consumer.

Food loss/waste account for 8.2 percent of the total human-made greenhouse gas emissions.

It ends up in landfills, where it generates methane

34 percent of all methane emissions in the US come from landfills.

only buy what you need

use fresh fruit and vegetables before they go bad

make leftovers into a new meal

use ingredients over many meals

freeze uneaten food to eat later

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