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Americans waste 30 billion pounds of food annually, including 11 billion pounds of fruits and vegetables. This equates to $400 per person per year. 40 million Americans lack a regular source of food while food banks report a 20% increase in demand and a 9% decrease in donations. Processing food waste requires 350 million barrels of oil annually.
Americans throw away about a third of all the edible food they buy each year. That’s nearly 30 billion pounds (13 billion kg) of food a year, 11 billion (4 billion kg) of which are fruits and vegetables. On a daily basis, that’s about 1 pound (0.45 kg) of food per person per day. In financial terms, this is a waste of about 400 US dollars (USD) per person per year.
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Food banks report that 20 percent more people have approached them asking for food in recent years, but donations are down 9 percent. One study estimated that just 4 billion pounds (1.8 billion kg) of food would be enough to feed America’s hungry, less than a quarter of what gets thrown out. About 40 million people in America lack a regular source of food.
Processing America’s food waste requires more than 350 million barrels of oil each year.
