Food waste

around the world are suffering from poverty and hunger, there are millions of food are waste every day. Food is a significate part to save the human life, but have you ever thought about food waste? Food waste! it might be a kind of strange topic to think about, right? Many people do not know what “food waste” meaning. Depending on a report of United Nations, Food waste is the important part of food loss which is the decrease in quantity or quality of food (Think. Eat. Save,2016). Rastegary reported “1.3 billion tons of food with 1.5 quadrillion kcal is wasted globally per year”. (Rastegary, 2015). In France alone, there is around seven million tons of food go to trash every year (Marshall, 2016). Unfortunately, food…

probably threw away enough green bean casserole, store-bought sugar cookies and potato salad to fill a trash can. Most modern American families threw away enough Thanksgiving leftovers to make the bellies of a third-world family bulge for a week. About the only concern we have for the broccoli and ham leftovers is hoping the neighbor’s dogs don’t get into the garbage. While it is most evident during the holidays, the problem of food waste is a whole lot bigger than what to do with week-old…

This can quickly become a problem though. Chances are that not all that food that was picked off the grocery shelves will ever meet the mouth of the consumer who bought it. Much of that food will instead be sent straight to the local landfill. The misuse and sheer waste of food today in the US is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. Some argue that the waste of food is that important of an issue, but a careful examination suggests that the economic, ethical…

Food waste is becoming a huge problem in developed countries. The U.S. National Resource Defense Council found that 150 billion dollars’ worth of food is wasted as it ends up rotting in American landfills, and produces methane which is a powerful chemical compound that is 20 times more damaging than green house gas. Canada is also one of the leading food waste countries as the Value Chain Management International estimates that Canadians waste more than 31 billion dollars of edible food each…

This is how food waste is contributed every day around the world. Food waste is a big exasperation to many people and is a major issue in the United States, it takes up much needed room in landfills, and is one of the causes to the rise in hunger. Food waste takes toll in the U.S. and in other countries. Food waste is a vital issue in the United States. "Americans throw away almost as much food as much food they eat," says Suzanne Goldenberg, writer of "U.S. Throws Away Half of All Food…

Introduction Sustaining our food and becoming more efficient with our food waste is a big issue in America. Many tons and pounds of food are wasted every day, these food that are being thrown out are not being disposed effectively. Each time a piece of food is thrown in the trash as well as resources in that food that could be used better making more food. Most don’t realize what they are throwing away when they don’t feel like finishing their meal. Food waste in America is one the largest…

People waste food for so many reasons. Over the years the waste of food goes up and up. Europe and North America have the most wasted food percentage in the world so far. People should really be more careful about the portions of food they take. Waste of food around the world has been a big deal, especially because people think that food is unlimited so they just toss it.¨In 2012 Americans threw out 35 million tons of food, said the Environmental Protection Agency. Almost 20 percent more food…

The average household is not doing enough to reduce or reuse waste products. As a result, landfills are filling up with potential reusable waste. Due to lack of knowledge on how to compost food, food waste can make up nearly 20% of the municipal solid waste (MSW) at a landfill (Nadakavukaren, A., 2011). Greater community education and outreach is needed to help individuals, families and communities compost on a regular basis, and reduce the amount of food waste in our landfills. According to…

Composition II Food Waste Food is key to survival and that’s a fact. According to Charles W. Bryant “medically speaking, most doctors agree that healthy humans can go up to eight weeks without food as long as they have water.” Logically speaking that sounds like a pretty decent amount of time but in the grand scheme of things it’s pretty short. There’s only 52 weeks in a year and eight is not even half of it. Not to mention eight weeks is only the length a healthy person in all senses of the…

Global food waste has been a topic of concern and conversation both in the news and the financial departments of major food corporations. The USDA places the value of food thrown out in America at $161 billion yearly, which translates to more than one-quarter of total production. Much of this waste occurs during production and transportation. Recent advances in technology have sought to reverse this trend. Innovations aimed at reducing the amount of food being thrown out include smart…