Food waste is a big problem for Americans today. We can solve this problem by doing a few things watching and limiting what we buy and eat, saving what we do not finish, and ignoring sale by dates because they are not expiration dates. Using methods like these we can successfully reduce food waste from one pound a day per person.

In London food waste is around 600,000 tons of food. One main reason is people are afraid to ask for doggy bags, there is a certain shame for walking out of a restaurant with one. However in an effort to decrease food waste they are giving out cardboard boxes to customers and decreasing food portions to meet the needs of consumers.

Food processors don't talk much about food unless its in volume or price. They don't see the other side of how much is wasted because of their disregard to harvest it as well as to get rid of the unsuitable food in the right manner. No one understands the ethical, environmental, and economical problems that arise with food waste.

There are many ways to reduce food waste. One being to rotate foods in your fridge and pantry by doing this you will eat the oldest things first. Another is to have portion control that is don't buy what you can't eat you do this when you go shopping hungry. There are many ways to prevent the loss of food you just have to be actively aware and practice these methods in this article.

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 Grocery Manufacturers Association is conducting a plan to donate more food instead of throwing it away. They are being financed by the Food Marketing Institute to help with transportation and the restoration of food. They will begin by conducting surveys in regards to why the food is being thrown out in the first place then act on their findings.

Food waste is the largest component of discarded waste. The Arizona Garbage project estimates that the average person throws out 1.3 pound of food a day roughly 475 pounds a year. Over 60 million homes and 500,000 businesses have disposals to get rid of food waste so it wouldn't end up in the landfill, why don't they use them?

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.

The costs of food waste is enormous, it adds up to every one in five bags of groceries goes in the trash. We can make a difference by saving leftovers and managing how much money you spend on groceries. Remember that saving food from the dump starts with you

Everyone is responsible for food being wasted the biggest contributors being cafeteria's, restaurants, and grocery stores. The first steps to wage war on food waste are to buy conservatively and make just enough instead of to much. Also to embrace the three R's reduce, reuse, and recycle.