dana cow called "love ugly fo the numbers are stun uneaten. >> yes, from farmers pick things up from and the person at ho tosses food in the gar it's staggering. there are farmers who say in the tomato season 22,000 pounds every 40 minutes are tossed because they are imperfect, just the way they look, not in the way they taste. graduation between d bruised, but i imagi stuff that bugs got squishy. >> yeah, and those s taken out, we're tal what we consider t aesthetic y beautiful. things that are bent. if you have a bent zucchini you can't sell it. to the grocery sto don't see many poo that are not perfect. >> the grocery store competing and they c beauty. like that pile of or >> i find myself drawn to the stores with the most gorgeous looking produce. inside these vegetan only on the outs >> it started in eur just first become aware of it? >> i became aware because of the chefs who took an ancient carrot and turned it into a vintage carrot and all of a sudden it was delicious. in france there is a market called intermarche. they sold the ridiculous potato and the stale lemon and comp

the numbers are stunning, 40% goes uneaten. >> all the way from the farmer who doesn't pick things upm the ground all the way to the person at home who tosses food they didn't use in the garbage. it's staggering. there are farmers who say in the tomato season at the height, 22,000 pounds every 40 minutes are tossed because they are imperfect, just in the way they look, not in the way they taste. >> there has to be a huge grade yags between not perfect and dinged up and bruised. i would guess there is stuff that the bugs have gotten to it, it's squishy and never makes it -- zpl that's true and those indeed should be taken out of the food system. we're talking about things that are just aesthetically not what we consider beautiful. so something that is slightly dinged or bent. if you have a bent zucchini you can't sell it. >> that doesn't sell? >> no. >> you say these things and go to the grocery store and don't see that many pieces of food that aren't perfect. >> the grocery stores are kpeeling and what do they compete on, beauty. that pile of oranges is gorgeous. >> it's true, i find

it finds 40% of our food goes uneaten. >> reporter: a global view from the international space stationthis earth day and a global perspective from new york mayor bill de blasio. he unveils plans to reduce the waste output by 90% by 2030. >> this is the way of the future if we're going to save our earth. >> reporter: his plan would reorganize the program and introduce incentives for there reusable shopping bags. >> new york city has to help lead the way for the rest of the nation, the rest of the globe. we have to show what it looks like to actually take on climate change head on. >> reporter: earth day put the annual spotlight on other sustainability efforts around the country. including this electronics recycling event today in charlotte. >> e-waste is the fastest growing waste stream on the planet 28 over 7 billion plags generate in the u.s. alone. >> reporter: the am of wasted food was on the mind of this man. he touted a new documentary showing 40% of america's food is uneaten. >> this is edible but not for the supermarkets. >> reporter: much of that trashed food ends up in landfil

especially when you throw away uneaten food? i hate wasting food. that's one of my big things.pparently, it's a lot. that's that's according to the national council. americans throw away $165 billion worth of food each year. that is household. we are throwing away more than ever. 50% more than we did in 1990. ♪ >>> everybody is going to be talking about this video today. several high school students sent to the hospital after the stage they were dancing on gave way beneath them. a news conference set to begin in just a few minutes on what happened there. molette green is tracking these developments for you at the live desk coming your way next. >>> 42 degrees outside. we'll say it's a cold start, >>> "news4 today" starts now. ♪ >> a lot of unanswered questions this morning after a stage gives way sending several teens to the hospital. a news conference will begin at any minute now. molette green is watching that situation from the live desk. >>> and new overnight, gunshots and a chase through the streets of d.c. police are looking for several people who opened fire on an ems su

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