Wednesday, May 4, 2011

American waste


HOW MUCH FOOD DOES THE AMERICAN FAMILY WASTE

122 lbs. That’s how much enters the waste stream each month from the average American home (family of four). Ridiculous, sad, and incredible at the same time, isn’t it? A study conducted in 1995 estimated that 96.4 billion pounds of edible food was wasted each year . Just to think how much that could help 1.4 billion hungry people and how lucky we are to not listen to our tummy grumble

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