What This Generation's Food Waste Habits Tell Us About Our Relationship with Value The statistics on food waste are stark: in the United States alone, between 30% and 40% of all available food is discarded annually, amounting to approximately 133 billion pounds.
The Environmental Protection Agency notes that about 21% of energy used for food production, processing, transportation, storage, and preparation ends up as waste.
This results not only in significant financial losses but also environmental degradation, resource depletion, and increased greenhouse gas emissions.