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The ESTS, Environmental Science & Technology estimates that 96 billions of food that we throw out equals 185 million barrels of oil. The deepwater horizon spewed an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oild into the ocean during a drilling accident. Now that's a lot of food being thrown away.

In this article a guy talks about how he feeds his family by dumpster diving.

This is an article about a man who finds edible food in dumpsters and even feeds it to his family. Grocery stores throw away goods that are far away from being expired. You could also watch a short video about it.

According to the story, several media station told that American are now hard to get food for them and for their family. And yet, we are wasting food carelessly. The good food are had been thrown a lot : for some people could live with the good waste like Dive and Gio with out buying any grocery.

Grocery stores are throwing out food that is still good, none of it is rotten of bad. But because the expiration date is nearing they throw it out.

Seifer has a documentary featuring himself and other, who live off the food people throw away. "With 850 million people suffering every day, Seifer asks why out trash cans are brimming with food." He says the system is broken.

Food waste reduction, have you ever given it any thought. In this article there are several ways to reduce food waste. Ever thought Mama's homemade Casserole saved the planet? Well it does. Home cooked meals was only just one of the solutions to reducing food waste. Cutting back on the waste that is produced all comes down to how we live at home. Composting instead of garbage disposing or planning weekly meals can be small steps to a bigger solution.