Why Americans Lead the World in Food Waste‚ he claims that an estimated $160 billion worth of produce is wasted annually. Wasted food is one of the largest arising problems within America today‚ and the numbers for waste keep increasing year by year. Solutions have been thought out to help solve this drastic problem‚ but nothing will be accomplished until society open their eyes and see what is truly happening. The biggest question that arises about food waste is what causes this? There are a
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Unpalatable Truth about Food Waste in America Each year‚ nearly forty percent of food is wasted in America. Per person‚ about one thousand four hundred calories are wasted each day (Hall‚ et al. 1). We turn up our noses at a bruised apple. At milk that’s a few days past its “sell by” date. At unappetizing overcooked broccoli. We dump out slightly wilted kale. Cans that have been dented on one side. Anything past its expiration date. We’re secure in our privilege‚ so we destroy food without a second thought
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Nearly half of the food that is produced in America will be uneaten. Food waste has become a major problem throughout America. Restaurants‚ grocery stores‚ and consumers are all at fault for food waste. Food waste is not the only problem our society is facing. Packaging‚ large amounts of trash‚ and polluted landfills is causing trouble to America. When food is wasted‚ most of the time the packaging is too. When the packaging is not recycled it will end up in landfills causing pollution to our environment
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Food waste is a big problem in this world. It is commonly overlooked and does not have enough attention paid to it. So many people suffer every day because we are wasting good food. People in our own country‚ the United States of America‚ are starving. Our country is rich enough in food to feed everybody. So why isn’t everyone getting food? Why are people starving? Why are there millions of starving people in Africa? In this paper‚ I will be discussing our world’s food waste and how we can attempt
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Food Waste 40% of the food America produces is wasted.1 Have you ever thought of how much food you waste a day? The average American wastes about 250 pounds of food every year.2 That’s about $600 dollars worth of food.3 Imagine what you could do with $600.00. No one notices what is in the back of their fridge or what goes into their trash can. Before you say that you don’t do that‚ think back to a moment when you had the chance to
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Approximately 40 percent of food in the U.S. goes to waste. Food and Agriculture Organization Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tons — gets lost or wasted. Food and Agriculture Organization Every year‚ consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tons) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tons). Food and Agriculture Organization Over 97% of food waste generated ends up in
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There is no clear description regarding food waste in a universal matter either historically or presently‚ making it perplexing in definition and comparison. What is clear is that food waste continues to grow at a rapid pace with the expansion of a world population experiencing societal and agricultural developments in an era where land and other resources are becoming more limited. The increase in waste and category of foods which people throw away has transformed with time through the advancement
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Food Waste? Too valuable to waste! According to statistics from the Environmental Protection Department‚ in Hong Kong‚ solid waste generated daily weighs around 17000 tones‚ of which around 30% is organic matter (2700 tones) which is roughly equal to 120 double-deck buses in size. Compared this to the US where‚ revealed by the Environmental Protection Agency‚ only 12% of waste stream was scrap of food in 2005. Extra care in disposal is required for these putrescible wastes‚ otherwise nuisance
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Putting Food scraps into good useTo gain knowledge on how composting eliminates organic wasteTo consider how composting can generate income through p-patch projects‚ since organically grown food is in high demandTo encourage Donations of edible food‚ as this can reduce waste‚ mitigate climate impacts and provide cost savings for individuals and businesses alike | Specific Purpose: | Sending edible food or food scrap to landfills is not healthy or economical. | Central Idea: | Edible food scrap
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The article “Food waste: Is America throwing away food too soon?” by Sean Rossman brought light to an epidemic we face in our country today‚ food waste. I couldn’t help but nod my head in agreement while reading‚ as everything the author discussed was accurate. This got me thinking‚ and I came to the realization that my family is a part of the problem and were oblivious to it. We throw away food all the time and don’t see anything wrong with it. However‚ my point of view on the situation changed
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