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		pfdietz on Oct 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the ... The 40% waste figure is exaggerating the waste, since cheaper foods will be wasted more than expensive ones (like meat).

arcticbull on Oct 28, 2022 [–]

The biggest single category is dairy, which isn't the cheapest. But of course it doesn't exaggerate the waste, its 40% by weight of marketable good - but if you figure in the weight of the grain and other feed used to raise animals the number gets worse not better. If anything it understates the waste.

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