Environmental Impact of Food Waste

Food Waste Position/Proposal By Natalie Parisi An Introduction to the Problem Food waste is something that affects us all. It happens anywhere food has a presence; the grocery store, restaurants, in our homes, at schools, on farms, in production and even in transportation. It affects people everywhere; those living oceans away and those that share our boarders, people living across America and throughout Utah, businesses and households alike. Being Aware is a Personal Responsibility So…

Studies Research-Based Expository Essay Food Waste Problem in Hong Kong: The current situation and the possible solutions Introduction Renowned as the Food Paradise, people all over the world come to Hong Kong for the food here. This definitely creates lots of economics benefits for Hong Kong. Nevertheless, this makes the problem of food waste ever more serious. As mentioned by the Environmental Protection Department, “In recent years, the amount of food waste arising from the C&I sectors has increased…

Investigation Part 3: Composting The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ranks methods of handling food waste in the diagram below: Composting is listed as the second least preferred method of reducing the environmental impact of food waste. Nonetheless, it will be explored in this portion of the investigation. Background Information All organic material – such as orange and banana peels and apple cores that come from Stuart’s cafeteria – will eventually decompose, but composting is a human-monitored…

good food. Even I am guilty of throwing away food I did not want or food I was “too full” to possibly eat. Someone will take a container of yogurt or a sandwich out of their lunch bag, decide they don’t want it, and proceed to toss it into the black, wheeled trash cans. All that runs through my mind when I witness and experience these wasteful habits is that people don’t understand how much perfectly eatable food faces the trash can every day. Food waste does not only occur in schools, food waste…

ironic is it that the food we need to sustain our life is now at the source of our demise! Indeed, how is it possible that 40 % of all the food produced globally is still wasted (UNEP). Food waste is defined as the outcome of edible food that is thrown away, lost in production, and uneaten. Still today, more than 880 million people are still living with food insecurities (José Graziano da Silva). The world population is rapidly increasing as well as its demand for food. Food waste is dreadful, yet…

Food waste can be defined as the failure to consume edible food due to inappropriate human action. Each year, the United States of America grows more than 595 billion pounds of different kinds of food. Although this is more than enough food, “the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that roughly 30 to 40 percent of food grown in the United States each year is sent to landfills” (NewsChannel 1). Meanwhile, another research showed that “in 1974 approximately 900 kcal per person per day was wasted…

Different definitions of food waste with respect to the complexities of food supply chains are discussed. Background information on how food is wasted is provided. Food waste in the global food chain is reviewed in relation to the prospects for feeding a population of nine billion by 2050. A significant gap exists in the understanding of the food waste implications in the economy of the developing countries. For affluent economies, post-consumer food waste accounts for the greatest overall losses…

E-waste environmental impact and the need for Federal laws Joe A Cox AMU 12/23/15 ABSTRACT The rate at which E-waste is compiling in our nations landfills is unsustainable. The toxic materials contained in these products have the potential to destroy the environment and taint our food and water supply. A review of several state laws revealed a patchwork incapable of mitigating the negative ecological and health effects of the tons of E-waste being dumped annually. The only logical answer…

Food Waste & Recycling There are billions of people struggling every day to have enough to eat, and billions of tons of food being tossed in the garbage, food waste is gaining increasing awareness as a serious environmental and economic issue. Research shows that about 60 million metric tons of food is wasted a year in the United States, with an estimated value of $162 billion. About 32 million tons of it end up in landfills, at a cost of about $1.5 billion a year to local government this economic…

and billions of tons of food being tossed in the garbage, food waste is gaining increasing awareness as a serious environmental and economic issue. Research shows that about 60 million metric tons of food is wasted a year in the United States, with an estimated value of $162 billion. About 32 million tons of it end up in landfills, at a cost of about $1.5 billion a year to local government this economic crisis is worldwide! My research estimates that a third of all the food produced in the world is…