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Food Waste: By the Numbers

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JBF Editors

August 04, 2015

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A recent report highlighted a staggering statistic: 40% of food in America is discarded. All of this uneaten food ends up rotting in landfills and increasing greenhouses gases. Our friends at Sustainable America created this infographic that demonstrates the magnitude of food waste in the United States. 

For more information, visit sustainableamerica.org.

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