Food banks tend to be large and have lots of special equipment that increases their efficiency. Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty ImagesLow-income Americans need more help getting enough to eat, but not much of the food retailers that sell groceries could potentially donate is given away. Only 13% of it ends up at food banks, according to a 2026 report produced by ReFED, a nonprofit that studies and tries to prevent food waste.
1. 食品银行通常规模庞大，配备大量专用设备以提高运营效率。李锐/新华社通过盖蒂图片社提供。低收入美国人需要更多帮助来获得充足食物，但食品零售商本可捐赠的食品中，实际捐赠的比例并不高。根据研究并致力于减少食物浪费的非营利组织ReFED于2026年发布的报告，仅有13%的食品最终到达食品银行。
The rest is composted; turned into animal feed, biofuels and other industrial products; sold at a deep discount shortly before its use-by date; or disposed of in landfills and incinerators.
2. 其余食品则被转化为堆肥、动物饲料、生物燃料及其他工业产品；在保质期临近前大幅降价出售；或通过填埋和焚烧方式处理。
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