New May Electronic State Publications
The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control created Don't Waste Food SC: A Guide for Reducing Food Waste at Home. Food is the number one item we throw away -accounting for more than 20 percent of the nation's annual waste stream. Each year anywhere from 40 percent to nearly half of the food supply in the United States is discarded -an annual loss of an estimated $218 billion. All of this while more than 41 million Americans are food insecure.