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Quest Recycling Services is a company that not only recycles food waste from piling in landfills, but reduces it by feeding it to animals and uses it as energy. They recycle everything in the five food groups.

The food waste is related to the global warming because the decomposing material from the food destroy the landfill. Also, in this article the auther tell us to avoid wasting food...

This website gives information from the start of food waste and shows many ways on how to reduce it. Steps to save money by cutting back on what you really need to buy.

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.

"Nearly 80% of U.S. diners surveyed express concern about the amount of food thrown away every day in restaurants, cafeterias and other away-from-home venues." Its really amazing how much food is produce in restaurants its just easy to see why so much food is waste it.

This site is based off of Jonathan Blooms book "American Wasteland". This site just bullets main points on the book and the importance of American Wasteland.

Shows Accurate statistics on where we are in terms of food waste

The actual web site on american wasteland. based on his book. This includes information about theauthor and the book, tips of preventing food waste. informaiton on food waste. it also personal articles from others regarding ways they are cutting food waste

This website shows all types of articles obtaining to your topic on food waste. They have tags set up so you just click on it and read all articles differating from bussiness, food waste tracking, all the way to how the government is acting upon all of its food waste.

This article expressly greatly on our food waste, its also think with the author of "American wasteland", which we are familiar with. U.S economy continues its downward spiral, and this article tells us a little on that.

This article gives a clear picture of just how much food we waste a day. It talks about how Americans fill a football stadium each day with the amount of food we waste and how that negatively effects the environment. It also touches on how we are a society that went from having many farmers and a greater appreciation for the work that went into growing the food to not knowing or caring where it came from and how much we waste.

Jonathan Benson states that there is enough food waste in America to fill a football stadium and has been increasing over the years. He also talks about the cause of all the food being wasted in America and gives supported reasons.

goverment report regarding food waste from 2010. regarding the amount of food wasted that is generated. in 2010 34 million tons of food waste was created. food waste accounted for 14% of total municipal solid waste. 33 million tons was just thrown in landfills . food waste isn't just with people but with business too

This article talks about Malaysia switching to incineration because there's not enough space for landfills. The article also explains the amount of energy received from food waste and how its not that much compared to the cost.

Pope Francis tells an audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, that "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry," he said.

(Sent original article to wrong ENG 102 group) Ever thought as a college student you could make a difference? Well a group of Students from Pomona's College started to try to save food from being tossed out. They would package it and send it to a shelter to help those in need. 3.7 million adults struggle to put food on the table, but 1.5 million tons of food get wasted and thrown away. Now there is something wrong with that. Donating food to the need has become a solution, but what if your willingness to help out gets turned down? One person turned donation food donations because the fear of rotten food and health code. How are we suppose to help food waste if others are squashing our solutions?

This article talks about the food wastage from an environmental perspective and where wastage happened. It also explains what food wastage causes, and give three general levels where action is needed, these three are reducing food wastage, recycling and recovery.

In this article it explains all the negative sides of food waste, how it harm the climate, water, land, and biodiversity. It also explains how the food waste starts from the bottom, poor harvest, distribution and consumptions. This article gives you an overall picture of how bad is food waste.

Plant breeders use genes from other plants to improve other plants to make them safe from pests and weather changes.

This article is about the sustainability need in the food waste area. This article explain that we should recycle our food by composting and also explain two types of ways to compost.

To achieve a sustainable society then food waste must be recycled as opposed to being sent to landfill sites around the country. We all know the problems that our planet is suffering through global warming that is partly aided by the greenhouse gasses that are produced when food waste is sent to landfill and the ensuing fluctuations in temperature that is suffered around the globe.

I really like your comment Norma i Read the same thing but saw it in a different light. But then after reading about your going green comment i thought about how ironic it is that color is being considered a sustainability method. It is great when you can see something from someone else point of view and get more from something you already agreed with.

To help reduce food waste you could recycle your spare food and make different food dishes. Another, thing you could do is save your leftovers in a container where they are visible that way you can see the edible food you have. Remember it is still safe to use food past their expiration and "use by" date these dates refer to quality not safety. Lastly, you should shop for items you know you will use soon instead of items you do not need that way they don't go to waste.

A resolution passed at the European Parliament meeting in Strasbourg designated 2014 as the "European Year Against Food Waste." With the resolution came a lofty goal: cut food waste in half by 2025, with help from awareness campaigns and other initiatives.

This article talks about different well known colleges using different methods of sustainability. Different colleges have only used food from the local area, composting waste, energy saving techniques through out the college campus, etc. This article goes goes through each college and tells you about how the college has change to become more sustainable.

This article is more in a diagram form. It tells you were all the produce starts and gives you the different steps. At each level it gives information about different food waste or the resources we are wasting in America. This table/article is neat to look at if you're a visual person.

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.