Americans throw out 40 percent of the food

Forty percent of the food purchased in the United States ends in the waste:  Americans throw out about 9 kilograms of food per month – shows the recent report of the National Resources Defense Council.

According to the datas, published on the website of the American environmental organization, people throw out around 165 billion USD a year. In addition, the uneaten food is rortting in landfills and cause one quarter of the methane emissions of the United States.

(MTI)