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Have you ever heaped your plate at a buffet, only to realize your eyes were bigger than your stomach? Or uncovered a container of unrecognizable leftovers? Maybe there was a tempting sale on the jumbo-sized bag of clementines, which you can\u2019t possibly finish before they shrivel on the counter.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As much as we\u2019d like to deny it, each of us has let food go to waste.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n When food goes uneaten, valuable nutrients are wasted alongside all of the resources which went into the growth, preparation, transportation, and sale of that food\u2014not to mention the money you spent to buy it: a mind boggling $1,500<\/a> per year for the average household.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Across the United States, p<\/span>roducing food that is ultimately wasted<\/a> consumes enough water to fill 9 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, produces greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to<\/span> driving one million loaded semi-trucks across the United States, and uses an area of agricultural land equal to California and New York combined.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sites.mitre.org\/household-food-waste\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/10\/Nationaly-Representative-Survey-15.png” title_text=”Nationaly Representative Survey (15)” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-25px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n If the impact of food waste comes as a surprise to you, you\u2019re in good company! Our survey revealed many Americans are unaware of the scale and consequences of our nation\u2019s patterns of food waste, and are generally more concerned about aspects of food such as it’s price and healthiness.<\/p>\n The carrots you toss into the bin might seem inconsequential, but when you consider the bits of waste generated nearly every day by most households, it quickly adds up. In America alone, food waste could fill over 1 million dump trucks every year!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”1032,818,813,814″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-10px||-5px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n By reducing food waste, we can reduce the need for land and resources used to produce food as well as the greenhouse gases released in the process.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_color=”#142E4C” custom_padding=”||||false|true” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#e02b20″ background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true” border_color_all=”#000000″ border_style_all=”double” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n
In fact, one-third of all food in America is wasted, with nearly half of that waste occurring within the home<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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We all have the opportunity to be part of the solution.<\/h3>\n
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