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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.

This chart and article show the changes since 1974 to today. It also shows how it is wasted between consumers, production, and distribution.

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.

We waste a tremendous amount of energy daily on transportation of food. This is due to consumers buying foods and not utilizing it. We waste in harvesting, food, money and transportation.

Comparing research between fresh food and frozen food. Data is given on how much emission is produced from each frozen meal that is made. Also data on refrigerant emissions are given as well.

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.

Oddly enough consumers wont buy odd looking produce. This is a huge reason why food is wasted in America,this article shares reasons how to prevent this from happening.

The media is one of the best way to stop food waste today because everyone can be inform quickly. It informs us about the different between losses and waste. Food losses occure at the food production systems while food waste is more a problem of consumers throwing good food into the trash.

The large amount of carbon food print consumed by the amounts of food thrown away everyday This article also shows ways to help change your view point on household food waste by reducing different cooking habits.

There are ten simple thing that everyone can do to help make sure that we can really be sustainable for the future decades to come. In order to do so we need to understand where our food is really coming from, and what power we really do have as a consumer.