Estimating the Cost of Food Waste to American Consumers: EPA Report

On April 4, EPA released the report, “Estimating the Cost of Food Waste to American Consumers.” EPA’s research shows that, on average, a family of four spends almost $3,000 per year on food that never gets eaten. Wasting food wastes the labor and other resources spent to produce, package, transport, and sell uneaten food; the nutrients in the uneaten food; and the money households spend on food they do not consume.