Food Waste Nationwide

The amount of food that people get in comparison to the portion that people actually eat is very different. Most of the time people get too much of what they will ea and throw away good portions of it that someone else could have gotten. Our project is about how much food is being thrown away and we are looking at it over all fifty states. We will be talking about the location of where the food is being thrown away. We also want to talk about why it's important to keep in mind of what you throw and where you throw it away. We will also discuss how food waste affects not only the environment but how it affects people and their surroundings. In America, around 40% of food is never eaten, and we throw away 150,000 tons of it every day, and this severely affects the environment. but its impact isn’t commonly known. The data included in this project was taken from United States Department of Agriculture and The Food Waste Atlas. This study also includes testimony from experts in the field and interviews from IMSA Students. With this, we ultimately concluded that more awareness is needed on the issue of food waste in America. With more awareness people will be more considerate toward their food in how much of it they get to save some for someone else. Just because it looks good doesn't always mean it should be taken.