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Greater than a 3rd of meals produced within the US goes to waste. Most of it leads to landfills the place it turns into a significant supply of planet-warming methane because it decays
Landfills within the US launch massive quantities of methane
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Wasted meals rotting in landfills is a big and rising supply of planet-warming methane emissions within the US, in keeping with a report that quantifies these emissions for the primary time. Reducing meals waste is one of the simplest ways to cut back these emissions.
Landfills make up about 15 per cent of US methane emissions, the third largest supply after fossil gas manufacturing and livestock burps. This landfill methane is produced by decaying natural matter, comparable to paper and meals. Greater than one-third of all …
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