Americans throw away more food than ever before
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Americans throw away more food than ever before
The Counter | October 2, 2020
Consumers wasted more food in 2017 than ever before, according to a Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting review of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data. They wasted about 41 million tons of food, making up 15 percent of trash thrown out.