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…processing, transporting, and eventually disposing of all that wasted food. That includes climate-wrecking greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of the food system, plus water, fertilizer, packaging, labor, and more. Most wasted food ends up in landfills, where it generates methane, a greenhouse gas that is up to 86 times more powerful than carbon …
https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/hugowall/efc/Event-Pages/Food_Summits/food-waste-summit-learn-more-regsiter.php