Food waste

Developed countries bleed food waste, while the rest of the world cries of hunger. In an increasingly globalized world, the loss of food waste contrasted with millions of people suffering from hunger is a painful paradox. This enormous wastage exists at the same time as one billion people in the world are suffering and dying from hunger. The act of food waste looks normal in our society; it seems that the people are forced to throw out what is no longer useful. Everybody can see how people have…

I will be doing my analysis on “Waste More, Want More: America Throws out Good Food” by Andrew Lam. By simply scanning over the article I notice that the author prefers to use short paragraphs. There are 24 paragraphs. However, there is never more than five sentences per paragraph, and most contain only one sentence. One can assume this to make it easier to read. And perhaps this was a stylistic choice so the audience’s attention would be held longer. Andrew Lam begins the article by speaking…

history of food waste can be traced back to the late 1800s. During that time, only very little food was wasted because food was expensive and people were not able to afford discarding or wasting anything (Schneider 2010; Atwater 1895). Therefore, people used leftovers as much as possible. For instance, leftovers from the upper class were collected and sold in restaurants for lower classes (Evans, Campbell & Murcott 2012). However, during the period of post-World War II, the problem of food…

year in the United States for food. If you lined up these animals and sent them into space, they would reach the moon and back five times. (Bittman) Of all of the animals, about half of them will never get eaten and instead thrown out. This shocking statistic only includes the waste of these four animals; imagine every other food added to this. The numbers add up- waste of food in America is a serious problem. Food waste is a growing epidemic because large amounts of food are being wasted…

of the available food supply at the retail and consumer levels in 2010 went uneaten. The estimated value of this food loss was $161.6 billion using retail prices. For the first time, ERS estimated the calories associated with food loss: 141 trillion in 2010, or 1,249 calories per capita per day.”(EndHunger) That is insane the amount we’re wasting each year. The amount we waste could possibly feed millions of starving children in developing countries. “Even 15 percent of the food being discarded…

or simply to fill a craving and empty stomach. However, many do not consider how much waste is produced by these outings. Lots of times people leave to-go boxes on their table by mistake right before they leave, many plastics and glasses (like bottled drinks) are thrown away and not recycled, and countless restaurants use plastic cutlery over regular cutlery. The restaurant industry produces a large amount of waste and there are many ways that a good portion of it can be eliminated. Sadly, more…

Submarine waste can range in many different aspects. Cardboard can be stored on board due to less weight; as for cans, they have to be added to the waste streams of the submarine. The combined compacted volume of food contaminated plastic and paper is less than 0.01 ft^3, which means this waste can be stored under the Annex V because of the eliminated storage. Submarines prefer to keep storage in food storage due to precautions to bypass contamination of unused supplies, which is needed for the…

It is hard to imagine that about half food around the world is wasted in many different ways every year. The problem of food shortage bothers many people now. If people can reduce food waste, food shortage may be could be solved. There are many causes of food waste, transportation losses, storage losses, daily life extravagance and unreasonable distribution. In order to cope with these problems, some solutions will be illustrated in this essay and there are some analyses and evaluations will be…

Any student who takes an introductory biology class knows that humans create more waste than every other species combined. Much of this waste stems from our selfish over utilization of the resources found here on earth. Results of this can been seen during the BP oil spill scandal. However, waste production occurs even in beneficial establishments like hospitals. Waste is produced in hospitals in multiple areas, such as the cafeteria, used medical tools and toxic materials produced by operations…

pollution and harmful toxins accumulate in our tissues and body cells but also in the integral organs of our bodies - for e.g. lungs, liver, kidneys, intestines etc. Scientists have been studying the effects of pollution in air, water, soil and the food we eat. It has been proved by scientific research that the effects of these pollutants and toxins cause long lasting damage to our living environment that is very difficult to reverse. Similarly, toxic elements get accumulated and form a…