40 percent of the food being thrown away in the US equals up to 165 billion dollars. That's a lot of money, if we saved a little more maybe we could help get our selves out of a recession.
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.
We waste a tremendous amount of energy daily on transportation of food. This is due to consumers buying foods and not utilizing it. We waste in harvesting, food, money and transportation.
This artice has a several options to learn more about food waste and sustainabilty and all the different aspects within it. One of the main articles focuses on the simplicity of how something as easily obtained as an at home garden can make our world a better place.
There is such thing as raising healthy food humans as well as animals that doesn't harm the environment, thats save and equal for workers (even farmers), respects the animals and supports our communities. As humans we need to recycle not waste, we need to refuse what is reusable and make our environment safe.