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Food waste is also the greatest component of municipal landfill waste at about 22% of total landfill waste.*
And while methane doesn’t stay in the atmosphere as long as CO2, it has 90x more warming potential as a similar amount of CO2.**
On the residential side of things, Americans are throwing out grass clippings and about 242 pounds of food per person, per year.*
Food waste is also the greatest single component of municipal landfill waste at about 22%.*
A circular economy is the idea that a product doesn’t produce much waste or pollution & can be repurposed/reused. Through more sustainable containment & disposal methods, organic waste can be used to help our environment instead of harming it.
Sources:
*Lu, M. (2022, March 9). The Enormous Scale of America’s Food Waste. Visual Capitalist. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/the-enormous-scale-of-americas-food-waste/
**Smith, C. (2022, March 10). It’s Time America Stopped Throwing Out Food Waste. Governing. https://www.governing.com/next/its-time-america-stopped-throwing-out-food-waste