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The epa is asking supermarkets to use generaters to significantly cut down on the food waste that they put out each day and month. The epa put a Hierarchy up to show how this goes, Source Reduction, Feed Hungry People, Feed Animals, Industrial uses, Composting, incineration of landfill.

This article talks about all the different wasys we can generate food waste from your house the prisons and schools. It also gives was we can do to stoop food waste.

This article talks about food waste being caused by two groups; large scale generators and small scale generators. It explains the two groups and explains what we can about the food waste.

While the study isn't on food waste, specifically, there's plenty of insight on the topic. "Digging" found that food was the single largest material generated by schools, amounting to 24 percent of the total waste generated. That's about double the percentage in the (regular) municipal solid waste stream!

This pages gives information on how Americans waste half of what they purchase.

Original: Food waste management is a central element within all foodservice operations, large or small. Dealing with food waste is a time, energy and space consuming process, generally considered as non-profit generating, however, kitchen food waste, managed and correctly handled, can be a cost-efficient, sustainable and environmentally important resource.Efficiently managing food waste is an acknowledged strength of Meiko UK Limited. Paraphrase: Food waste handling solutions and systems for a cross-section of foodservice establishments. Meiko UK food disposal equipment is a sustainable and environmentally-friendly answer to reducing kitchen waste to landfill sites. The Anaerobic Digestion system is like a vacuum that transports food waste through a pipe to a tank. After that, it is taken to a composting facility and used as a renewable energy source.

It seems governments and people are putting effort to achieve sustainability. World Commission on Environment and Development said a sustainable society "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Living sustainably, there would be no waste, and we would use half the amount of energy and materials budget we do now. "We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge, and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation."

To be sustainabile one must meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet needs. Sustainable means using methods, systems, and materials to harm natural cycles. Sustainabilty is very important.

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

We use energy for everything. We use energy to treat our water , grow our food, produces and to go to place to place. In general we want our community to develop more diverse, reliable, and cleaner sources of energy; to reduce energy usage; and to improve efficiency.

I tried to see what was important on this article but it wasn't very easy for me personally to grasp. I see that you 3 did find the point of the sustainability with electricity. I find it funny that we are always leaving lights on when we leave a room and think nothing of it until we are told it will save us money or that we are wasting something we really take for granted.

This article states that sustainability and energy interconnect in many ways. I agree with Dominique we use energy for everything we do, but hopefully we don't take advantage of the resources we have now and end up leaving are future heirs high and dry.

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.

Food waste is any substance raw or cooked food. Anything that is discarded and thrown away.

This website has several different options for people depending on their own specific needs.First and formost it gives a lot of general information on food wast and why it is so serious. There are suggestions on how to create the right portion sizes for meals as well as recipies, as well as ways to save your personal time and money. Suggestions as to proper ways to save and store your extra food.

An estimated forty-five to fifty percent of food is discarded each year by Americans.That makes it an economic problem for everyone. In a country known as the "throw away" society we are destroying the planet with methane, mountains of food waste that could of been eaten, and wasting money that could of been saved.

This article covers the idea of warehouses and how they contribute to the idea of food waste. They also give again, They general run down about food waste and again some ideas anyone can do in their homes everyday to help prevent the issue.

In this article, the author describes the effects of food waste in our landfills. Restaurants contribute 15 percent of all waste in landfills.

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.

There are mulitple ways that everyone impacts food that gets wasted that can easily be eaten or at least saved for a later date. However the steps that we can all take on order to help reduce the amount of food wasted is broken down into 12 easy steps. The simplest things we over look in our everyday lives can make the biggest difference for future generations to come.

There are many options gorocers, resturants, and food processors have to reduce waste. Discovery of new ways to reduce the amount of food waste generated and save money. Because waste prevention can reduce purchasing and disposal.

This is a great paper explaining to businesses the benefits to reducing waste. One example it gives is to give their food they would otherwise waste to local food banks.

"Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment." This site s full of information on sustainability and more. Great links are attached to this site. Want to know how to help? Read more....

This is a very informative website. It explains what sustainability is, and what is being done to preserve it. Also, it explains what we can do to help.

This is great article to grasp what exactly sustainability is. I like how it really goes it to depth about what exactly it is instead of just giving a general defining statement, it helps with the comprehension of what it really means. It also shows what can be done to help this also helped with the comprehension because it gave examples so also an opportunity to reflect as well.

The amounts of fruit,vegetables,orchards, and food in general and how researchers find distrubing to see all this food go to waste in california. The belief that the problemsof food waste start in the field of the farmers growing it and why it is the problem due to the retailers hard to pass requirements.

Grocery stores and restaurants still wasting food that they know to be unsafe. It is said in this article that Safeway doesn't donate food items that are not fit for consumption. In this case it can be a health problem to the consummer of these food.

State students have studied that with the yearly food waste, it can fill the Staples Center in Los Angeles bout 35 times. How much is that? It's more than 6 million tons. There is a hunger relief program that most grocery stores donate to.

This website gives a couple of general facts about food waste to start out. It then goes gives out information and the concept of a couple groups and organisations that are made specifically to help food waste.

This article explains how when we waste food we are basically wasting money, energy, land and water. It also says different ways we can start saving food, recycling, or compose food that is not wanted.

This article is by the United Nations Environment Programme that gives a general run down of the topic of food waste. It then goes into some interesting and informing facts about food waste. These facts are separated into two categories, US and global do give many view points.

This article describes the building matter of the food loss problem. The website also goes over real life facts of the epidemic.