http://www.wastereducer.com Shrinking your footprint on the world Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:46:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.wastereducer.com/green-kitchen/2008/how-much-food-do-you-waste/ http://www.wastereducer.com/green-kitchen/2008/how-much-food-do-you-waste/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 04:58:00 +0000 Jake http://www.wastereducer.com/green-kitchen/2008/how-much-food-do-you-waste/ According to the NYT Week In Review from May 18, 2008, approximately 27% of all food available for consumption in the United States ends up in a landfill. Conflicting reports from the EPA suggest that food waste is either 12% off all waste in the US, or 6.7% (PDF) depending on the data source, which accounts for at least 14 million tons of the total waste generated annually. I know that even eating leftovers and bringing home extra food from restaurants doesn’t always result in a “clean plate” at my house, but we’re trying. Are you on the high or the low side of adding 1 pound of food waste a day? What strategies do you use to keep food waste to a minimum?

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