Reducing Food Waste: It’s More Than Just Cleaning Your Plate

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07/11/2013 12:15 PM EDT

When you think of steps that can be taken to improve our environment and mitigate climate change, “reducing food waste” probably doesn’t come to mind right away.  But in fact, food waste is an important factor in climate change, because wasted food represents 20 percent by weight of the solid waste going to landfills. This [...]