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Waste more, want more: America throws out good food Americans waste up to ten times more food than someone who lives in southeast Asia, which is up 50 percent from an American in the 1970s.  Americans throw away 40 percent of their food on average. $165 billion worth of food is thrown away each year. The average American family throws out $2,200 each year. Garbage production in the US has doubled in the past 30 years. The average American throws away seven pounds of garbage a day. The US has 5 percent of the world’s population, but consumes more than 30 percent of the world’s energy & creates 70 percent of global toxic waste. SourcePhoto

Waste more, want more: America throws out good food

  • Americans waste up to ten times more food than someone who lives in southeast Asia, which is up 50 percent from an American in the 1970s. 
  • Americans throw away 40 percent of their food on average.
  • $165 billion worth of food is thrown away each year.
  • The average American family throws out $2,200 each year.
  • Garbage production in the US has doubled in the past 30 years.
  • The average American throws away seven pounds of garbage a day.
  • The US has 5 percent of the world’s population, but consumes more than 30 percent of the world’s energy & creates 70 percent of global toxic waste.

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