How your green bin is heating up the planet

        November 30, 2015 Toronto Star | Canada | RRR: conservation

One-third of food is wasted (1.3 billion tonnes or $1 trillion), while the energy to grow, harvest, store, transport, and package the waste produces over 3 billion tonnes of CO2. Most waste is by consumers buying more than they eat (first world) and inefficient farming and storage (developing world). The US throws out about 40% of its edible food.