Revisiting the cost of food waste on our planet

The value of meals waste within the US.

A truck dumps 45,000 kilos (20 tonnes) of meals waste from the town of San Francisco for processing into compost at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North close to Vernalis, California, US, November 10, 2022 [Brittany Hosea-Small/Reuters]

People waste about $408bn in meals yearly however probably the most important consequence of meals waste will not be monetary. Air pollution from methane fuel generated at landfills accounts for about 8 to 10 p.c of worldwide greenhouse fuel emissions.

At this time, we're re-exploring meals waste – the best way to keep away from it and what steps native and nationwide governments in the US are taking to resolve the issue.

On this episode: 

• Madeline Keating, metropolis strategist, Wholesome Folks and Thriving Communities Program at NRDC (@NRDC)
• Kristyn Oldendorf, chief of the Workplace of Waste Diversion for the Division of Public Works, Baltimore (@BaltimoreDPW)
• Marvin Hayes, youth program supervisor, Baltimore Compost Collective (@bmorecompost)

Episode credit:

This episode was up to date by Ney Alvarez. The unique manufacturing group was Alexandra Locke, Negin Owliaei, Amy Walters, Ney Alvarez, Priyanka Tilve, Ruby Zaman, Tom Fenton, Stacey Samuel and our host, Malika Bilal. Our manufacturing group additionally contains Chloe Okay. Li and Ashish Malhotra. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio. 

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