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By The Numbers
Currently 50 million households suffer from food insecurity, meaning that family members cannot always meet their basic food needs.
10 million people a year could be fed through the recovery of just one-fifth of food waste.
Only 2% of food waste is composted or otherwise recycled—62% of paper is recycled.
Consumers throw out about 40% of the fresh and frozen fish they buy.
The U.S. produced 208 pounds of meat per person in 2009—60% more than Europe.
Low income commuters spend a much higher proportion of their wages on gas—8.6% versus 2.1% at $4 per gallon.
Food prices rose 35-40 percentage points between 2002–2008.
Americans consume 25% of the world’s produced oil, but our nation holds less than 3% of the world’s proven oil reserves.
The International Energy Agency says greenhouse gas emissions rose 3.2% last year, with a 9.3% increase in China offsetting declines in the US and EU.