JULIE ALBRIGHT Now is my time to stand up and fight for what's right I like school and hanging out with friends, and I play on the basketball team. The boysâ basketball team. I'll take on any challenge.
Food products make up 63 percent of a supermarketâs disposed waste stream, according to a California Integrated Waste Management Board industry study. Thatâs approximately 3,000 lbs. thrown away per employee every year.
Image: Derek Mead. The average American throws away over 1,130 pounds of garbage every year. Looking around my desk, I've got two disposable cups AND a can, a bag from lunch and its attendant garbage, and scraps of paper that I keep outlining and re-outlining this article on.