• Currently, food waste is contributing 8% of the global greenhouse gas emissions. This is largely because food that ends up in landfills and decomposes releases carbon dioxide and methane

• Americans generate more food waste than any other country. We throw away 40% of our food supply, which equates to an estimated 125-160 billion pounds of food each year.

• Even though most wasted food is still edible, 144 million people in the United States are food insecure