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This talks about how much food is wasted. this page also has two graphs one what is wasted in america not only food but other materials.

This article talks about how recycling food has environmental benefits. It also states how food waste has both economical and environmental consequences. 

In this website the text is about the amount of food being wasted in 2010; which then gives the results. It also states the harsh consequences of food waste and also benefits of food wasting.

The media is one of the best way to stop food waste today because everyone can be inform quickly. It informs us about the different between losses and waste. Food losses occure at the food production systems while food waste is more a problem of consumers throwing good food into the trash.

To reduce food waste there is simple things we can do : Donate food to animal Donate to hunger people Keep food in a safe place buy less food

In this article statistics compare how much food is wasted between countries all over the world. Also, methane is a greenhouse gas that is much more dangerous than carbon dioxide.

Food is biodegradable so whats the problem? This article explains the danger in food littering.

This article talks about how much it costs the US to get rid of the food waste. It also talks about how food waste releases methane, which is more harmful than carbon dioxide. 

Food waste ranges from 25 - 75 percent, depending on the food type, that amounts to 1.3 tons of edible food that's tossed each year. The food industry creates up to 30% of the world's annual carbon emissions. That's not it, it creates more emissions once it's discarded to landfills.

Has food waste gone unnoticed? Food waste has become one of those things we do daily without any guilt of what we are doing. In "Stepping Up to the Plate to Reduce Food Waste" wants us to do just that. Nearly half of our food ends up in the garbage costing around $165 billion. About $160 pounds of food wasted and dumped in the garbage. This article recognizes food waste as a problem and wants to bring back all the old slogans you used to see. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Lets make the world a better place.

In this article the author discusses that food waste is a serious problem and gives some simple facts. The author also discusses that with the food being wasted; the food can go to citizens who are poor and in hunger.

Individuals need to be aware where the food they eat comes from. Eating organic food is one way to go. This article givers five important tips to reduce food waste.

7 surprising facts about food waste

this blog is all about food waste in North America and the rest of the world. food waste is a shocking subject. This blog narrows the statistics of food waste to seven shocking ones.

this article shows how shocking food waste is with these statistics

This site gives some important facts about food waste. It give facts about how food waste impacts the world.

This article gave really good facts on how food waste does not only affect our financial situation but our environmental as well. By expanding chemicals such as Fertilizers and Pesticides. As a result it begins to creat more Methane; one out of most harmful chemicals affecting greenhouses gases.

This website talks about how food waste isnt just a financial issue but a chemical issue and variety of facts. Environmentally, food waste leads to wasteful use of chemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides, and more fuel used for transportation, and more rotting food in this process.

Wealthy countries wasted food because they tended to buy too much of it. Nevertheless, some countries were making this situation more seriously to reduce food waste at the consumer level in markets.

This article is how much produce the world waste. Often times produce is left to rot in the farm lands where it is being grown. You ask why? If the certain product isn't the right shape, color, size, or feel right it is left. This is because the consumers won't buy the product if it looks a little funny. If it makes it to the store the grocer does sales, promotions and other things to have consumers buy more. This then results in waste at home because often times consumers won't use all the product. It goes on to talk about how we can change food waste from happening and other issues within the food waste topic.

We are wasting food while billion of people are hungry in the world. This article educate us about the important of giving food to those who want it.

I liked reading this article. It has facts about the all the food wasted, field losses, about economy and the millions tonnes of global food waste each year. It also helps us reading it because it talks about how can we stop the rot.

this article explains how bad food waste is around the world

I thought this was very interesting. Author Christopher Koetke speaks about the imoprtance of food sustanability, most imoprtantly he mentions that countries around the world are teaching about the importance of food waste. Finally everyone has agreed that food sustainability is a big issue and we have to take action today for the future generations.

Great article that gives actual numbers and graphs on food waste.Goes over food transportation and also tips on how to reduce food waste!

Wasting food is not only wasting money, but it is unhealthy. We waste moneyand kill the earth and the environment at the same time. There are several things we can do to change our harmful way of life.

This article talks about environmental ricks but also some of the economical ricks of food waste. It also put both of these topics in both a global and US based perspective.

This article actually quotes our American Wasteland book. It gives statistics that Bloom explains in chapter 2 of AWL

(Sent original article to wrong ENG 102 group) I always knew smartphones were handy, but reducing food waste is an all new level of smart! In July of 2012, about 222 millions tons of food was wasted. When solutions were running thin, someone broke though and added the world of technology to our world of waste. An app was created. Yes! Even your smartphone reduces waste now. The app that was created goes based off of household size, recipes, shopping lists, and meal preferences into one to help save Mother Earth from becoming a dump. Read this article to see how the diversity of people is compatible with the newest Smart Solution for food waste!