Food waste collection to obtain data on how much food is wasted on average by an individual in the dining hall. All students who eat in the dining hall on Monday the 17th will be involved by having their food waste weighed, but volunteers for weighing the food and collecting plates are also welcome!
The Effects of Food Waste
- 30-40% of the U.S. food supply is wasted every year.
- Annually each person produces 219 pounds of food waste.
- 22% of U.S. landfills is made up of food.
- 1.4 billion tons of food is wasted globally each year.
- Americans waste $218 billion on food yearly.
- Food waste makes up 11% of greenhouse emissions globally.
- 870 million people could be fed if 30-40% of our food was not wasted each year.
