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.
Granted, some waste is inevitable. If shoppers don't want to buy dented avocados or funny-looking carrots, there's not much a grocery store can do. Still, the report notes that Americans today waste 50 percent more food than they did in the 1970s, which suggests that there's a fair bit of room to improve.