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The US State That Wastes The Most Food By Mariana Zapata Oct. 29, 2025 6:20 pm EST

Food waste is a big problem. In the U.S., we use land, resources, and energy to produce food and then send 30 to 40% to landfills. This comes out to billions of pounds of wasted food and billions of dollars literally thrown in the trash. According to a report by the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts , no state fares worse on this than Arizona. By analyzing two studies, researchers measured the amount of food discarded in each state and compared it to national averages. Arizona received a shocking score of 100/100 with an estimated 1,025 pounds of food thrown away per person every year. There are more than 7.1 million people living in the state, so this comes out to 7.3 billion p

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