Americans chuck a lot of food. The average household tosses $3,000 worth in the trash every year, a cost that’s nearly doubled since the last time the EPA ran its numbers. The planet-warming impact of ...

On a per-person basis, Americans are in the top ranks of global food wasters. We toss so much food — on average, 350 pounds of edible grub per person a year — that it makes up the majority of the ...

Millions of tons of food are wasted each year in the United States alone. About 35 million tons, to be specific, according to the latest ReFED report. Nearly one-third of food that is grown and ...