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- More than 96 percent of the food we throw away ends up in landfills. In 2011, we landfilled more than 36 million tons of food waste.
- Once in landfills, food breaks down to produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas which contributes to climate change.
- Food scraps and yard waste currently make up 20 to 30 percent of what we throw away
- When food is disposed in a landfill it rots and becomes a significant source of methane - a potent greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.
- 13 percent of greenhouse gases in the United States are associated with growing, manufacturing, transporting, and disposing of food.
The recycling industry employed over 1.1 million workers and generated over $236 billion in annual revenue in 2001. (Keep America Beautiful)
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