Discarded food that ends up in landfills is a major source of methane emissions, the EPA reports. Jose A. Bernat Bacete / Moment / Getty Images
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More than a third of food produced in the U.S. ends up being thrown away, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This not only wastes the food itself, but the resources that were used to produce, process, transport and distribute it. Much of it ends up in landfills, where it breaks down and generates methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide.
Earlier this month, the EPA released two new reports that quantify methane emissions from food waste in landfills and provide new recommendations…
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