Landfills Affected By Food Waste In The United States

There are so many people in this world that do not have access to food and yet every month, Americans throw away over a billion pounds of food. “The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that as much as a third of all food grown is lost or wasted — about 1.3 billion tonnes worth almost $3 trillion”.
(Western Producer) We are all guilty of food waste. All of us are affected by food waste and it has become a rising concern with consumers and researchers. Once food is discarded, “only a low percentage of all food wastage is composted: much of it ends up in landfills, and represents a large part of municipal solid waste. Methane emissions from landfills represents one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions from