One in every 8 Pennsylvanians is experiencing food insecurity, yet 30% of all food in America is wasted.
That’s 4.25 billion pounds of food thrown out each year in PA when it is spoiled in transit, rejected by retailers, left unharvested, discarded by consumers, and more (2023 data). Once this wasted food reaches landfills, it rots and releases methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Individual households generate approximately 49.5% of discarded food compared to other sectors.1
We all can make a direct impact by reducing our own food waste, which will grow to have local, regional, and global effects.
1 REFED 2023. Insights Engine https://insights.refed.org/
