Two-thirds of residential food waste in Denver, Nashville, and New York City is edible, while 68 million more meals could be donated to people in need annually in these same cities according to a new reports from The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rockefeller Foundation. They found that the average person tossed more than 3.5 pounds of food per week, two-thirds of which was edible. The top reason for tossing food was that it was moldy or spoiled, followed by people not wanting to eat leftovers. In all three cities, coffee, milk, apples, bread, potatoes, and pasta were in the top ten tossed edible foods and the residential sector was the top waste producer (in Nashville, residential was tied with the restaurant sector). They identified the retail grocery sector as the largest untapped potential for increasing food donations, but hotels, healthcare, universities, and schools also have strong potential.
Source: Food Tank, 10/24/17, Food Waste
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