In 2022, a total of approximately ** percent of survey respondents in the United States between the ages of 18 and 29 stated that they throw extra food into the trash at the end of a meal once or twice a week. Among respondents aged 65 and older, the total share of people with the same frequency of food waste was about ** percent.
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