Thursday, December 10, 2009

America's Increasing Food Waste Is Laying Waste to the Environment

The researchers found that US per capita food waste has progressively increased by about 50% since 1974 reaching more than 1400 Calories per person per day or 150 trillion Calories per year. Global climate change is being impacted by this as food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and carbon dioxide emissions from decomposing food.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091124204314.htm

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