About That $3,000 Bag of Groceries in Your Trash

Earth911
Apr 28, 2026, 7:00 am223 ptsTop
Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a new Earth911 series, Where Waste Comes From, examining the largest sources of waste in the typical American household, what each category costs the family, what it costs the country, and what it costs the climate. We begin with food because food is the biggest…

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