AdWeek: New video aims to curb the $160 billion problem of food waste – “As Americans, we are the most wasteful creatures on the planet. Of all the food we buy, over 40 percent of it winds up in the trash, about 150,000 tons a day. Each year, Americans toss out an estimated $160 billion worth of food. The amount of edibles we pitch into the garbage would fill a college football stadium right up to the cheap seats—every day of the week. Of course, statistics like these only go so far to raising awareness. Which is why Morton Salt has created what it hopes is a more effective way. Debuting today on social media channels is a video that brings the scope of food wastage in a way that’s hard to forget. Morton went dumpster diving recently, pulled out a bushel of discarded fruits and vegetables, and then made a typeface from them. In fact, it not only made a typeface, but also ink and paper—also from same discarded fruits and vegetables—which it then used to print up posters with provocative banner headlines such as “This Poster Is a Complete Waste” and “You’re Reading Last Night’s Dinner.” (Morton shot consumers’ reactions to reading the posters, and made that into a second video. Scroll down to watch both.)”