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U.S. annual food waste by disposal location 2015

Annual food waste in the United States as of 2015, distributed by disposal destination (in million metric tons)

The data displays the annual food waste in the U.S. as of 2015, distributed by disposal location. According to the source, approx. 62.5 million tons of food is wasted in the U.S. each year. About 52.4 million tons of that amount is sent to the landfill, while the other 10.1 million tons are on-farm loss.

Sent to landfill	52.4
On-farm loss	10.1
Total	62.5

U.S. annual food waste by disposal location 2015

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