America's increasing food waste is laying waste to the environment

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 13:22 in Earth & Climate

Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and carbon dioxide emissions from decomposing food, impacts global climate change. Scientists have calculated the energy content of nationwide food waste from the difference between the US food supply and the food eaten by the population.

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