Why does nobody talk about how much food waste actually matters for climate change?

Honestly, I used to think food waste was just a money thing, not a climate thing. Like, yeah, it sucks throwing out spoiled lettuce, but I figured the real climate action was in driving less or switching to solar panels. Then last month I read a study that said if food waste was a country, it'd be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China. That blew my mind. It's because food rotting in landfills creates methane, which is way worse than CO2 in the short term. So I started composting my kitchen scraps in a little bin in my backyard, and after 3 months, I've barely sent any organic waste to the landfill. It's way easier than I thought and actually helps my garden soil too. Has anyone else tried composting and noticed a difference in their trash output?

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ryan65323d ago

Composting cut my trash by half easy, just gotta turn the pile every week.

thompson.tyler23d ago

My neighbor actually started a worm bin last spring, and she swears by it for cutting down waste. She's been feeding those little guys everything from banana peels to coffee grounds, and she says the soil she gets out of it is better than anything from the store. She's not as consistent as @ryan653 with turning her pile though, and she says the worms don't seem to mind the lazy approach. I might give it a shot once I clear out the overgrown mint taking over my garden bed.