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  1. www.usda.gov › media › blogFood Waste and its Links to Greenhouse Gases and Climate ...

    Jan 24, 2022 · Jan 24, 2022. Food loss and waste is estimated to be roughly one third of the food intended for human consumption in the United States. When food is discarded, all inputs used in producing, processing, transporting, preparing, and storing discarded food are also wasted. Food loss and waste also exacerbates the climate change crisis with its ...

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  2. www.epa.gov › land-research › farm-kitchenFrom Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food ...

    Jan 22, 2024 · Over one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce it and creating a myriad of environmental impacts. Food waste is the single most common material landfilled and incinerated in the U.S., comprising 24 and 22 percent of landfilled and combusted municipal solid waste, respectively.

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  4. www.epa.gov › sustainable-management-food › unitedUnited States 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal

    • U.S. 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal
    • Measuring The Success of The Goal
    • Current Progress Toward The Goal
    • How Does EPA Plan to Take Action on The Goal?
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    On September 16, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and EPA announced the U.S. 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction goal, the first-ever domestic goal to reduce food loss and waste. The goal seeks to cut food loss and waste in half by the year 2030. By acting on this goal, the U.S. can reduce climate and environmental impacts associated ...

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    To measure and describe progress toward the 2030 food loss and waste reduction goal, the following baseline is being used: 1. For food waste in the United States: EPA estimates the amount of food waste generated by sector, as well as the amounts being managed by several management pathways. In September 2021, EPA updated the baseline to align the 2...

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    The U.S. still has a long way to go to meet the 2030 goal. For food waste, the goal aims to reduce the amount of food leaving the human food supply chain by 50% by 2030. It aims to prevent food waste generation in the first place, which is important from a climate perspective, since the majority of greenhouse gases from food waste are created befor...

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    Working with USDA, FDA, and state and Tribal partners, EPA plans to secure action on the 2030 goal by working with leaders in the food system (e.g., private, government, non-profit, academia, faith) to promote successful interventions and tools to advance the sustainable management of food. By aligning the national goal with SDG Target 12.3, we are...

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    Everyone can take action to reduce food loss and waste in the United States, whether you are an individual, a business, a school, or a non-profit, community or faith-based organization. 1. Individuals and Communities: If you are an individual, learn how to prevent wasted food at home. Communities can learn how to help households with the Food: Too ...

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  5. toolkit.climate.gov › reports › farm-kitchenFrom Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food ...

    November 2021. EPA prepared the report, From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste, to inform domestic policymakers, researchers, and the public about the environmental footprint of food loss and waste in the U.S. and the environmental benefits that can be achieved by reducing U.S. food loss and waste.

  6. nutritionstudies.org › reducing-food-waste-acrossReducing Food Waste Across the Supply Chain: Statistics ...

    Aug 18, 2020 · Overall, Americans waste an average of 80 billion pounds of food per year, amounting to approximately $161 billion in monetary losses. [5] Global Food Waste Statistics. The picture isn’t much brighter around the world. About one-third of all food produced for people is lost or wasted every year.

  7. refed.org › articles › refed-s-new-estimates-on-foodReFED's New Estimates on Food Waste in the United States ...

    While loss and waste is a problem that affects the entire food system, households produced nearly half of all surplus food in 2021. In fact, the average American throws out $690 worth of food at home annually. Some of this waste is inevitable – think eggshells and chicken bones – which accounted for 34% of residential surplus.

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  9. www.usda.gov › food-waste-strategyDraft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and ...

    In the United States, the average family of four spends $1,500 each year on food that ends up uneaten.13 More than one-third (nearly 100 million tons) of the U.S. municipal waste stream is organic waste, including food, yard and tree trimmings and other organic materials.14 Sixty-six million tons