Food Waste By the Numbers #infographic

Published by Web Desk Monday, February 12, 2018

Every year, about 40 percent of the U.S. food supply goes to waste. That’s 72 billion pounds of food, worth $218 billion. Reducing food waste by 15% would feed more than 25 million Americans every year. If we break that down to individual meals, one organization was able to make more than 3 million healthy, balanced meals with 6 million pounds of food that would have otherwise been thrown away. The USDA and EPA are working to cut food waste in half by 2030. Here are three organizations doing their part, and ways your workplace can get involved.

Infographic by: zerocater.com

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