"Buying local" could achieve, at maximum, around a 4-5% reduction in GHG emissions due to large sources of both CO2 and non-CO2 emissions in the production of food.
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In a typical year, Americans and their businesses throw away over 920 million square meters (841 million square meters) of carpet, 19 billion pounds (8.6 billion kilograms) of polystyrene packaging material, 360 billion pounds (163 billion kilograms) of manufacturing chemicals, 710 billion pounds (322 kilograms) of other chemicals (and toxins), almost four trillion tons of construction debris and 96 billion tons of food waste.
