Consumer food packaging: Filling the data gaps in the food waste fight
By: Kyla Fisher
When considering the problem of food waste in America, it’s easy to envision grocery distributors or large-scale restaurant operations with dumpsters full of spoiled meat and produce in a back alley. But that unappetizing vision, perhaps surprisingly, does not mesh with the reality. In fact, the highest levels of food waste in this country happen at the consumer level, long after food has been harvested, processed, shipped and sold.