Why Composting Pick Up Isn 't Available, Money Can Still Be Saved

People already have to pay for waste management and the idea of adding another monthly bill would not be the average American’s vote with the poor state of our economy. Especially, when the price would increase for the same amount of waste. Lastly, the average American would probably not pay for this extra cost because the waste is out of sight and is the least of their problems (Lecture 09/13). While the cost may be a discouraging factor of composting, there is so many ways our society would benefit from this

It is simply the way of the future. All revolutions come with a price; the American revolution came with the price of many American lives and this smaller revolution will come with the price of disregarding the “cultural norms” that society has sculpted around burial and cremation. This practice is barely even a practice right now, but with the voices and bodies of the many who want to help our earth, this will be the new norm someday. Giving back to the earth through human composting is the ultimate thank you for keeping us alive and

Food waste is an environmental, economic, and ethical problem that can lead to less calorie intake and unnecessary damage of our assets. Individual behavior can redesign food waste at home and lead to bigger changes in the ecosystem. The problem is Americans throw out more food than glass, paper, and plastic. Also about 25% of food grown, processed, and transported in the US will never be consumed. When food is disposed in a landfill it rots and becomes a significant source of methane— a potent greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.

Composting is important when we look at the future wellbeing of our planet and how it will affect the upcoming generations. According to epa.gov ,benefits of composting would be to reduce waste in landfills, and to transform that waste into a natural

Reducing CO2 emissions is an important part of a sustainable community, but changes in human behaviors are necessary to ensure these goals are met. An estimated 9.3 acres of farmland are lost every day in and around Austin. As of 2014 less than 1% of the food consumed in the region is produced locally, and of the food imported an estimated 97 thousand tons enters the landfill. This has a value of nearly $200 million. A great method for reducing food waste is composting, in the region approximately 1,837 tons, or 1.9% of the total waste, is being turned back into the soil. This is a part of Austin’s “field to fork” food system that addresses the growth, distribution, consumption, and recovery of food. Locally growing all food consumed in the region not only reduces transportation

An educational campaign should be launched to inform and encourage new behaviors. All consumers should be shown the benefit of composting versus traditional disposal methods. Once consumers have been properly educated, encouraging participation is key. This would include providing a composting method for waste to be properly composted. The food recycling program would provide the means for all associates to begin composting donations rather than disposing via trash receptacles. Food compost bins should be provided in any food service industry to allow for proper disposal of waste. Companies should locate composting facilities and begin distributing food waste to said facilities rather than traditional trash disposal services. If possible and practical, companies should work to create their own composting stations.

“Globally, we throw out about 1.3 billion tons of food a year, or a third of all the food that we grow” (Sengupta). In the United States 33% is from agriculture, 11% from postharvest, 10% from processing, 8% from retail, and 39% from consumption. Consumers are the majority of our waste, but there's not a lot of ways to prevent this.

An excuse that many people have involves composting, “ I would love to compost, but it will just get in the way.” When an individual or group uses a compost it is a barrel or bin. Individuals can start composting by simply getting a bin and putting it somewhere that no one can see, that way it’s not “in the way.” As a matter of fact, groups or organizations can also use composts. People simply put leaves, grass clippings, or certain food into the compost bin, and after a few days, or weeks it turns into fertilizer. Organizations can do this so they can save money on landscaping when they already have the materials for themselves. For example, churches can have a compost bin, and the food that is left over from, say their fellowship dinner they can put in there. They could put leaves that fall from their trees, or even grass clippings from mowing into the compost so they have fertilizer for their garden beds, or flowers. Composting can replenish the

This paper will examine the problem of food waste in the United States. Firstly, this paper will describe what food waste is, and why food waste in the American society is an immense issue that needs to be addressed. In addition, it will address the consequences of food waste and the possible problems that this issue may bring in the future. Secondly, the paper will discuss three policy solutions that would help solve the problem of food waste in the United States: provide an enhanced tax deduction for corporations that choose to donate their food to the food banks, performing an extensive study that covers every single aspect of food waste in the current food system, and require every citizen to compost their food waste. Afterwards, it will analyze the pros and cons, and the hypothetical strengths and vulnerabilities of each policy solution. Lastly, this paper will discuss personal opinions on the issue of food waste.

Food Waste has become a serious issue in Canada, one which needs to be addressed and resolved. $31 billion tonnes of food get thrown away each year, around 47% of food waste is from in home use, 53% of goof waste is from food be produced, processed, transported, sold, and prepared. The organic waste is then dumped into landfill where it undergoes the decomposition, and is used to create methane, which is 25x more damaging to the environment then carbon dioxide. The strange thing is there is many different solutions to food waste! It really takes little effort to go a long way in this situation, I want to make every aware and show how simple preventing food waste can be.

To succeed in the initial stage of this project, a composter, site and strategy need to be set in place. In order for the project to be financially feasible, it is important to identify how much material is available, how many and what type of generators we are to serve, and how much material is expected to be generated by the project.

Many things that all biodegradable and up in landfills the things that take years to decompose. Such as plastic, glass, metals! etc. This problem can be solved by me, with help, using $1000. When people throw away certain things, they don't know that many of those items are organic matter that can be decomposed. When you gather these organic and biodegradable items into a band, they decompose. This is called composting. The mixture inside the bin is called compost.this compost can be used as fertilizer and can help condition land. Things like fresh grass clippings, flowers, vegetable and fruit feelings such as potatoes and orange peelings, vegetable crop residue such as potatoes and tomato plants, herbivore manure, such as horse, cow, and rabbit,

If you were to say make the trash bins free and make it to were anyone, if they choose to could pick one up at anytime, then make it to were you could gain somthing for "going green" then it would work out much better. Marketing is a big thing to, you have to make your ad appeal to the people in some way. There needs to be a better reason then just saving the enviorment, because some people just don't care, they are greedy and only want to do something if they can gain something else. Making a point system of some sort would be the best option in my opinion since it would allow people to gain points and get rewards from it, like cash, gift cards, cupons, and other useful stuff that could help someone in need, so you would be solving two

They commonly dispose of food not sold, rather than use it for more productive purposes. In many cases, perfectly edible food is wasted because it is not aesthetically pleasing, and thus remains unsold. In order to cut down on food waste, governments must make the donation of food to those who need it advantageous. The use of tax incentives, such as tax credits and deductions, would encourage businesses, restaurants, and farms to donate their spare food. By making the donation of food financially beneficial, they are far more likely to donate food rather than send it to a landfill. Such programs would begin on the local and state levels, in order to serve as a proof of concept to the federal government. With successful examples in hand, citizens can far more effectively push Washington for a federal program addressing food waste.

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food wastage, “food produced and not eaten,” emits enough greenhouse gasses (GHG) to be ranked third amongst global emitters (FAO 2013, 6). In New York City (NYC) it is estimated that businesses “produce more than 650,000 tons of food waste annually” (Turso 2017). This specific food waste is classified as food scrap, cooked food which is still edible, but no longer useful to the business due to a myriad of reasons. Whatever the reason may be for the company, this tonnage of food has the potential and possibility of being recovered for redistribution to food banks, soup kitchens, and other food rescue organizations. For example, two of the largest organizations in NYC, City Harvest and Food Bank NYC, will collect around 59 million and 24 million pounds in 2017 respectively, of unprocessed/non-perishable food. This is equivalent to about 42 thousand tons or 6.5 percent of annual food waste from scraps. Despite having warehouses, fleets of vehicles, and numerous volunteers, two of the largest organizations barely make an impact on the total amount of food rescued versus food wasted.