{"id":2905,"date":"2026-04-03T23:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/?page_id=2905"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:09:46","slug":"food-waste-impact-calculator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/?page_id=2905","title":{"rendered":"Food Waste Impact Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"eco-tool wp-block-group\" id=\"eco-tool-food-waste-t61q2\">\n  <div class=\"eco-tool__header\">\n    <h2 class=\"eco-tool__title\">Food Waste Impact Calculator<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"eco-tool__lead\">\n      Estimate how much food waste costs you in money, water, and CO\u2082 emissions over time.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <form class=\"eco-tool__form\" id=\"eco-food-form-t61q2\" novalidate>\n    <div class=\"eco-tool__grid3\">\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"foodkg-t61q2\">Food wasted<br>per week (kg)<\/label>\n        <input class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"foodkg-t61q2\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"0.1\" value=\"1.5\" inputmode=\"decimal\" \/>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Estimated edible food thrown away.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"price-t61q2\">Average food price<br>(per kg)<\/label>\n        <input class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"price-t61q2\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"0.1\" value=\"4\" inputmode=\"decimal\" \/>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Rough average of your groceries.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"type-t61q2\">Main food<br>type<\/label>\n        <select class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"type-t61q2\">\n          <option value=\"mixed\" selected>Mixed<\/option>\n          <option value=\"meat\">Mostly meat<\/option>\n          <option value=\"plant\">Mostly plant-based<\/option>\n        <\/select>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Used for impact estimation.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"household-t61q2\">People in household<\/label>\n        <input class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"household-t61q2\" type=\"number\" min=\"1\" step=\"1\" value=\"2\" inputmode=\"numeric\" \/>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Used for per-person estimates.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"planning-t61q2\">Meal planning<\/label>\n        <select class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"planning-t61q2\">\n          <option value=\"low\">Rarely<\/option>\n          <option value=\"medium\" selected>Sometimes<\/option>\n          <option value=\"high\">Often<\/option>\n        <\/select>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Helps reduce waste.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"compost-t61q2\">Compost food<\/label>\n        <select class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"compost-t61q2\">\n          <option value=\"no\" selected>No<\/option>\n          <option value=\"yes\">Yes<\/option>\n        <\/select>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Reduces landfill impact.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"eco-tool__actions\">\n      <button type=\"button\" class=\"wp-element-button eco-tool__btn\" id=\"calc-t61q2\">Calculate<\/button>\n      <button type=\"button\" class=\"wp-element-button eco-tool__btn eco-tool__btn--ghost\" id=\"reset-t61q2\">Reset<\/button>\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__error\" id=\"error-t61q2\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/form>\n\n  <div class=\"eco-tool__result\" id=\"result-t61q2\" hidden>\n    <h3 class=\"eco-tool__subtitle\">Result<\/h3>\n\n    <div class=\"eco-tool__cards\">\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__card\">\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__metric-label\">Money wasted<\/div>\n        <div 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Food wastedper week (kg) Estimated edible food thrown away. Average food&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2452,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2908,"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2905\/revisions\/2908"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nature-o.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}