
8. Food Clutter
In America, we have an issue with food clutter, which is over-accumulating purchases from the grocery store. These might be items that we think looked really good when we were browsing the aisles, a recommendation from a friend, or something from a commercial. We also might try to go on a diet, and end up with tons of food in our pantry that doesn’t get eaten.

Every year, between 30 and 40% of the food supply goes to waste in America. This adds up to 133 billion pounds being dumped in landfills and wastes $161 billion. Remember that an economy is all about supply and demand. So as long as people continue to buy more food than necessary, grocery stores will continue to supply it. The only thing you can do to fix the problem is to create a meal plan and eat your food before you buy more.