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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.

we as Americans end up throwing away 40 percent of our food. That is estimated $165 billion every year. the average family of four throws out as much as 2,200 dollars of food every year

590 billion pounds of food is grown every year. Out of that 590 billion, 160 billion is wasted. On average, a person creates 5 pounds of trash every day. Out of what we throw away, 12 percent is edible.

This article talks about the myth of having your appliances plugged in and still sucking up your energy, especially older appliances. So it turns out that even though your appliance is turned off, it's still wasting energy because it's plugged in.

this article explains how we are making mountains out of landfills. how america is wasting 40,000 to 100,000 dollars of food out of ever 1 million spent.

There are consequences to food waste including environmental, economical, and cultural. The ways to stop this waste are simple sticking to shopping lists, saving leftovers, and composting or donating what you don't want. People are becoming more involved with what they can do to stop this waste, but are they to late?

The effect food waste has on the environment and our living conditions. The importance of composting and recycling.

This displays the problem of food waste. Most of the waste that we see goes straight to the landfill in garbage bags, but others do not realize other forms of waste. Any other form of waste that I thought was interesting was the food waste we put in the garbage disposal. Food waste goes straight to the landfills creating global warming. Food waste cost Americans $100 billion annually. Do people realize how much they waste? Will food waste ever stop?

The number of food wasted worldwide is huge. Our uneaten fruits and vegetables add to the total amount of food waste. Another, factor that adds to food waste is edible food being thrown out because of the self-life date. If there was a way for packaging to extend the life of opened food it would help cut down or food waste. Reports show financial, managerial and technical restrictions in harvesting, and the different climates in facilities have more to do with food waste.

Kids as young as 13 are trying to make a difference because they realize the damage methane gas can cause. If kids are trying to make a difference, I think we can learn from this and try to fight waste in our own ways too.

the fifth annual survey polled almost 1100 americans and found out that consumers also felt guilty about leaving the lights on when leaving a room and wasting water. But no one really thinks about wasting rations or food. Food costs more than electric does each month and no one really pays attention to it.

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.

This article is from 2004. It states that durig an "extensive" 8 year study they found that $75 billion of food waste is being tossed out each year. It also states that if Americans knew how to use food more "wisely", and buy more "wisely" they wouldn't waste so much of it. They suggest freezing leftovers to save them and eat them later.

They compare the amount of food waste that is thrown out each year as the "equivalent" of throwing away 350 billion barrels of oil away. It says Americans could save about 2% of its total energy consumption in a year if we would be more careful about food waste.

This article and chart shows how things are being thrown out now and how many Americans are malnourished. We drink less water as well compared to years ago. Also, it shows how there are 24 moillion acres of forests destroyed to make room for more food waste.

Great tips on how to cut down food waste. Cutting food waste how it helps you make yummy food in the kitchen. The last one is important to read.

Original: "Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without" is a favorite adage in both frugal and green circles, and it is something I strive to live by. One of the best ways to "use it up" is to think differently about our food and ways to avoid wasting it. Lloyd wrote a great post a while back about the statistics for how much food we waste in the U.S., and the numbers are, frankly, appalling. On average, we waste 14% of our food purchases per year, and the average American family throws out over $600 of fruit per year. Paraphrase: Half the loaf of bread goes stale and the grapes aren't as fresh. With an attitude to stop waste and some creativity, you can create new things with your food before it actually goes bad. Left over roasted vegetable can be made into soup and leftover rice can be added into oatmeal the next morning. There are many more ways to reduce waste in your home.

This article discusses about using energy from discarded pumpkins from halloween. They are also creating energy for plants such as, biofuel, biopower and other products.

This would be AMAZING if we were able to use our waste to provide energy for the world. It would be a win win situation. Since they are already trying it out maybe this will go nationwide.

This website gives really efficient tips about sustainability not only in terms of food waste, but also how you could save money by doing simple things. So if you want to know what those things are, you should check it out.

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...

In South Londen, a school found ways to become sustainble. The school had worms brought to eat through food waste and build things out of recycled objects. Other schools should find ways to be sustainable.

We sit here wasting hundreds of tons of food every year. This talks about how we have people starving while we carelessly throw out food every day.