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Americans waste $165 billion in food annually
- Updated: August 21, 2012 - 8:22 PM
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Americans are throwing out nearly every other bite of food, wasting up to 40 percent of the country's supply each year -- a mass of uneaten provisions worth $165 billion, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
An average family of four squanders $2,275 in food each year, or 20 pounds per person per month, according to the nonprofit and nonpartisan environmental advocacy group.
Food waste is the largest single portion of solid waste cramming American landfills. Since the 1970s, the amount of uneaten fare that is dumped has jumped 50 percent.
The average American trashes 10 times as much food as a consumer in Southeast Asia, according to the council.
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