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How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
by Jonathan Bloom
Book Reviewed by:This article relates to American Wasteland
Every day Americans waste enough food to fill the Rose Bowl football stadium.
Food waste makes up as much as 25% of what's in America's landfills.
Household recycling of items like aluminum, glass, and plastic increased 400% in the decade to 1999; meanwhile, only 2.5% of eligible food waste is composted.
The average family of four loses $2,200 per year in food waste.
17% of American children live in food insecure homes.
In 1982, the average bagel was 3 inches in diameter; by 2002, it had doubled to 6 inches.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were photographed leaving a Chicago restaurant after a Valentine's Day dinner, holding a doggie bag of leftovers.
Simply switching school schedules so that recess comes before lunch results in a 10-15% decrease in school lunch waste - all that exercise makes kids hungry!
Source: American Wasteland
Filed under Society and Politics
This "beyond the book article" relates to American Wasteland. It originally ran in October 2010 and has been updated for the
August 2011 paperback edition.
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