Article 16HJS How the US can solve its multibillion food waste problem - report

How the US can solve its multibillion food waste problem - report

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Alison Moodie
from Environment | The Guardian on (#16HJS)

An $18bn proposal aims to reduce the more than 52m tons of food waste that goes to landfill every year

Businesses could save nearly $2bn a year by cutting the amount of half-eaten entrees, unsold milk and other foods that get tossed into trash bins across the US by 20% over the next decade, according to a new report.

The report, Roadmap to Reduce US Food Waste, released Wednesday, lays out strategies that companies, along with governments, consumers and foundations, can implement to reduce the amount of discarded food in the country by 13m tons a year.

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