• darkseer@lemmy.world
    14·
    1 year ago

    But we are. According to the USDA, food waste makes up 22% of the food industries 26% CO2 emissions. And don’t forget the diseases food waste produces.

    • UhBell@lemmy.worldOP
      26·
      1 year ago

      That food waste is largely due to arbitrary date labels and grocery stores throwing out literal tons of perfectly good food instead of donating it.

      • desconectado@lemm.ee
        91·
        1 year ago

        And believe it or not, part of this is because people don’t like to pick up the weird looking tomato, or the banana with a few peckles.

      • Tonloc@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        How can we sell more without an expiration date?!!! We need to please the profits and shorten expiration dates!