Food waste is a problem; what are solutions? - JSOnline - 0 views
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gaelan76 on 04 Sep 12Americans throws away 470 pounds of food each year. Americans trash 40% of our food supply, valued at about $165 billion, every year.
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Waste More, Want More: America Throws Out Good Food - New America Media - 0 views
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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
Discovery Channel :: News :: Food Waste Epidemic in America - 0 views
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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.
America's 'Supersized' Energy Waste - 0 views
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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.
ClimateChangeImpactofUSFoodWaste.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views
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The study of analyzing the climate change and economic impacts of food waste. The analysis shows that cutting back food waste exceeds 55 million metric tons per year, nearly 29% of annual production. Food waste produces life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of about 113 million metric tons of CO2e a year, it's equivalent to 2% of national emissions, and costs $198 billion.
Eye opening statistics on food waste | Guy Goes Green - 0 views
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Regarding food waste. The average american throws away 25% of food we prepare and we waste 96 billion pound of food a year. we produce twice as much food as need per person which ends up costs the our county 1 billion dollars in food diposal. ****account for the largest human related source of methane which is a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. food statistics**** the average houshold of 4 wastes around 590.00 a year in food waste by throughing it out
2014: The Year Against Food Waste - 0 views
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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.
Food Waste: Americans Throw Away Nearly Half Their Food, $165 Billion Annually, Study Says - 0 views
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This website is about Americans throwing away 165 billion dollars worth of food; shown by studies and statistics. It is also about how all Americans waste food including consumers and restaurants. -
The NRDC have recently reported that most Americans discard 40% of food per year. As for our average American families ends up throwing away $2,275 annually in food a year. Little as 15% reduction in losses of food waste could save enough to feed 25 million Americans a year.
Food Storage - Safe Food Storage and Reducing Food Waste - 0 views
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We can all manage to try and save more food instead of waste it or throw it away by simply learning the proper way to store food and leftovers. If we could do this more often, we would be cutting down food waste little by little each year.
Discussion 4: Diigo/Sustainability - 26 views
Erick you're right but how do we do that? In the video we watched cutting carbon emissions by 80 percent seem to be the number one suggestion. but the UN decided on doing that in a longer time sp...
Living in the United States of Food Waste - 0 views
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According to the article, American were wasting food about $180 billion dollar a year including a year, including the author. She learned her lesson by acknowledging the fact of food waste.
How the U.S. manages to waste $165 billion in food each year - 0 views
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In this article has shown how much it cost for food waste in America. Such as in farm, restaurant, household and so much more. Then, the NRDC report argued that they can do nothing about it because they could not push customer to buy food that they do not want.
What is sustainability? | SustainAbility - 1 views
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Years ago, we chose the word sustainability to describe societies goals and the belief that its possible. The most common way sustainability has been defined is "the ability to sustain" or "the capacity to endure." It is about our society and its future and the lives we live and everything in it.Sustainability is about being eco-friendly and eco-effective. Society needs to change its marketing strategies.
Wasted Food - Science Updates - Science NetLinks - 0 views
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the journey from the farm to the store to the dinner table, nearly half of America's food never gets eaten. most households throw away about 50 billion dollars' worth of food each year.
Moldy matters: How wasted food is destroying the environment - CNN.com - 0 views
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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.
America Needs a Food Waste Diet - 0 views
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Americans waste up to 40% of the food that makes it onto grocery shelves, into their kitchens or that crosses their plates, which makes the potential consequences of the ongoing drought even more painful.That waste costs close to $165 billion per year. Indeed, the average American family of four throws out about $2,275 in food every year,
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SustainableBusiness,com explains the issue of food waste in America with facts and details. Then gives two reasons on how address the problem. It also lists another website for data concerning food waste problems in America.
McDonald's Is Opening First Vegetarian-Only Restaurants - 0 views
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McDonalds is opening up a vegetarian McDonalds due to the fact that these people in India can not eat meat because of their religion. This is the first of it's kind in the franchise. The store will serve the vegetarian items currently sold in indian restaurants and the chain will likely develop some new items as well. -
McDonald's is opening their first ever vegetarian restaurant in India this year. Because of religious reasons, none of the McDonald's serve beef in India. They are adding a new spin to this idea and are offering completely meat free restaurants. In the next 2 years they are hoping to have more than 200 in India.
Civil Eats » Blog Archive » 18 Little-Known Facts that Will Motivate You to C... - 0 views
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This article talks about how food waste has increased over the years. It gives some suggestions on what we can do to prevent food waste. It also mentions how fresh products make most of household waste and how restaurants contribute to the food waste.
Cutting America's food waste to help address hunger: Editorial | NOLA.com - 0 views
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This another article on the study the Natural Resources Defense Council conducted. "$165 billion worth of produce and meat end up in landfills evry year." That is an astounding number. It is also mentioned that more grocery manufactures and groups have started to donate more food instead of throwing it away.
Tops to Roots: Nose to Tail Dining for Produce - Know Thy Food - 0 views
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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.