Wisconsin DNR explains how to fight food waste for Stop Food Waste Day

MADISON (WKOW) - April 27 is Stop Food Waste Day, and the Wisconsin DNR wants your help to keep food waste out of Wisconsin landfills.

Food waste is edible food that`s thrown away before it`s eaten or because it`s spoiled, or other scraps such as banana peels and eggshells.

According to the DNR`s 2020-2021 statewide waste study, food waste makes up 20% of the trash that goes to our landfills, which is more than double since the last study in 2009. And the DNR says that most of this food, around 14.5%, could have been eaten.

Around 854,000 tons of food waste was put into state landfills state’s landfills in 2020, rounding out to around 294 pounds per Wisconsinite. The DNR says that residential sources like households are a major contributor to this number, creating around 30% of this waste.
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