Did you know…

• Americans waste almost 40% of our food - more than any other country. That equates to each American throwing out 975 medium-sized apples each year.

• Food is one of the top landfilled items, taking up more than 20% of the space

• Plastic spoons, forks, knifes, and straws, never biodegrade and are not recyclable.

• Single-use packaging like plastic containers accounts for nearly half of all plastic production globally.

• Polystyrene foam containers or other plastic containers labeled #6 are not recyclable. Neither are black plastic takeout containers.

Eating gives you a chance to make a difference three times a day - or even more! Reducing our food and food-packaging waste helps keep valuable resources from getting trashed.