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Gif. Most wasted food ends up in landfills, where it generates methane, a greenhouse gas that is up to 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Food waste is the world's dumbest problem.
Food waste in america has skyrocketed in recent years, with 103 million tons (81.4 billion pounds) of food waste generated in 2018, according to the environmental protection agency (epa). The amount of food waste thrown away in 2010—the largest component of msw. In scotland alone, 2 million tonnes of fresh fruit and on average that equates to £470 per household with the food wasted each year.
Of food is wasted every second in america = 100 lbs/second rrrrrri 3 100 people wealthy countries waste 15,000 lbs.
Large amounts of food waste can occur at any stage in the process of producing food. Reducing food waste is our mission. Would you believe that we waste enough food each year to feed more than one billion people? Changing how we consume for a more secure and sustainable future.