Progress towards Sustainable Utilisation and Management of Food Wastes in the Global Economy

Table 4

Analysis of retail and consumer waste increase/decrease in the USA based on USDA data from [17, 58, 60].

Commodity		Supply/population (S/P)			Supply/waste (S/W)			⁢Production%; increase/decrease
		1995	2008	2010	1995	2008	2010	1995	2008	2010
Grains	R	17.13	19.55	19.50	0.02	0.12	0.12	2	+10	+10
	C				0.30	0.18	0.19	30	−12	−11
Fruits	R	18.15	22.01	20.76	0.02	0.09	0.09	2	+7	+7
	C				0.22	0.14	0.19	23	−9	−4
Vegetables	R	23.69	36.96	27.09	0.02	0.06	0.08	2	+4	+6
	C				0.24	0.15	0.22	24	−9	−2
Dairy products	R	28.64	27.48	26.80	0.02	0.11	0.11	2	+9	+9
	C				0.30	0.17	0.19	30	−13	−10
Meat/poultry	R	17.82	27.13	17.31	0.01	0.03	0.04	1	+3	+3
	C				0.15	0.23	0.21	15	+8	+6
Fish	R	1.50	1.59	1.55	0.01	0.08	0.08	1	+7	+7
	C				0.15	0.25	0.31	15	+10	+16
Eggs	R	2.97	2.89	3.16	0.02	0.1	0.07	2	+8	+5
	C				0.29	0.15	0.21	29	−14	−8
Nut products	R	0.71	1.04	1.13	0.01	0.06	0.06	1	+5	+5
	C				0.15	0.09	0.09	15	−6	−6

R: retail waste; C: consumer waste.
in 1995 = 266.3 million; in 2008 = 304.06 million; in 2010 = 309.75 million (source: ERS).