...Out of all the food produced in America, we let up to 40 percent of it go to waste and a big part of that problem is the stores selling it. Grocery stores throw out an outrageous amount of edible food each year that fills our landfills instead of hungry bellies, wastes resources used for harvesting and transporting food, and wastes retailers’ money. There are ways retailers can reduce food waste and wasting of resources by donating food, composting, and marking down foods not up to standards. Most food you see in the supermarket does end up being purchased but a large amount of that food is actually thrown out. NRDC author Dana Gunders states, “In-store food losses in the United States totaled an estimated 43 billion pounds in 2008, equivalent to 10 percent of the total food supply at the retail level” (Gunders, pg. 10). So what are some of the reasons all this food goes to waste? Supermarkets keep such high food standards for their consumers resulting in unnecessary food waste such as a whole carton of eggs being thrown away simply because one is cracked or a bag of oranges being tossed because one orange had a spot on it. Customers often buy produce from stores that they know have high quality foods. Retailers can attract more people to buy these foods if they look appealing so they must be the same size, shape, and color. Retailers must also order enough food so they don’t...
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...has an immense food waste problem, about fifty percent of all produce in the United States is thrown away and some sixty million tons every day. Almost all of the uneaten food from grocery stores, businesses and restaurants go to landfills, even though a large percentage of the food is edible and unexpired. Americans and businesses waste a great deal of food due to strict standards for food appearance, and the inconsistent food labeling system. If the federal government implements laws on the food labeling system, and educate the public about when food expires, food waste can dramatically decrease. Food that gets spilled or spoiled before reaching its final product or retail stage is called food loss. The U.S is wasting...
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...about was the food.”We lived like hobbits for a week… Breakfast, second breakfast, Elevenses, Luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and of course supper.” They expressed how sick of eating they were, but they didn't stop. Why? Well, why not? Why would you pass up food on every level of a cruise ship? Or 24 hour room service? It is clear two teenage girls are never going to finish all of the food they are presented. No human is capable of eating that amount of food.So why do we use time resources and energy to produce large portions of food just to dump every wasted plate down the garbage chute? Americans struggle immensely with food waste, and it’s not just food. When you think of all the food being wasted don’t think so shallow; someone's unfinished plate being dumped into the trash. Think resources, time, energy, and the obvious-- food. Consumers have more to think about when it comes to the waste they cause when they are dealing with our food sources. Think of a that apple that you put on your plate, and later decided you didn’t want so you tossed it. You didn’t just waste an apple. You wasted soil. You wasted a seed. You wasted...
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...About one third of the food produced for consumption is wasted in the world. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), we live in a world where 840 million people go hungry every day. The United States is a well-developed country and known to be one of the leaders in innovation. The US has machines and production assembly lines that supply goods rapidly and enters them into the market. Industrialized countries, like the United States, produce a surplus of goods, including food, to feed our over consuming society. All the agriculture growing and manipulated by machines attributes to foods’ greenhouse gasses. What happens with the waste is where more problems lead. Landfills are mounting exponentially and natural resources are becoming scarce due to the US wasting 30-40%, equal to $43 Billion, of the food supplied. Those numbers are alarming, seeing that food waste isn’t a mainstream problem yet. The food security issue shouldn’t be focused on increasing production, but more of regulating the wastefulness of the food produced. Most consumers don’t even think twice before throwing away their leftovers or not taking a to-go box at a...
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...Waste Food By Cayden Dale Did you know that 80% plus people in America waste there food and leave it so it will ruin the environment seconds and dads at a time, people don't understand why you shouldn't waste food, because it affects the air we breathe to the landfills being made for all the thrown away food we have plus every day we fill a stadium up with wasted food sometimes even more, it makes our water dirty and cost more money. People all around the world waste food and everytime they do they make the environment worse every day. and this keeps happening everyday with 80% of the population of america to do this, always finish your food or an to give it away. About 165 billion Dollars of food is thrown away every year, and 33 million...
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... "Food Waste" United Nations Environmental Program. 2015. September 14, 2015. http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/food_waste_the_factsm. This site has structural information about how much food is being wasted in the United States of America and the damages happening to the environment. This article is written this year so most of the information is accurate, with all their resources being correct. This article is written by the UNEP showing the problems in America surrounding food waste. " Food Waste 2015 http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/food_waste_the_factsm. Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue"Food waste has become an issue nowadays. New York and Washington DC is suffering from hunger. About 32 million metric tons is going to waste every year. Wit all this food going into waste it could saved thousands of dollars and save. This Article has so many good information to support the problem I'm researching. “Food Waste" United Nations Environmental Program. 2015. September 14, 2015. http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/food_waste_the_factsm.so many lives out there. This article talks about how the environment is being destroyed with too much food waste acid. 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. The United States spends so much money they need to learn how to consume. Food Waste"...
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...themselves at the crossroad of so many issues – one of them, food waste. It can cost retailers up to 4% of their business revenue (Weber et al., 2011). Given the need to be profitable and competitive throughout the future, this matter cannot continue to be ignored. According Gustavsson et al. (2011), food waste is a global predicament of stunning proportion underlying reasons differs between countries. The author stress out that food waste in industrialized countries is dominated by retail and consumer waste whereby high losses at the post-harvest and processing stage due to spoilage in warm and humid climates resulting from the lack of modern transport and storage infrastructure. Kaye (2011) in his writing states that, despite the rising prices of the commodity, the problem of food waste is not about the supply, but of distribution channel and efficiency. Various factors contribute to food waste. Kaye (2011) comments that American restaurant portions are only proper for a buffet but not a sensible meal; confusing labeling on food products that lead many consumers to dispose food products that are still edible; government regulations that get in the way of donating food to charities; and marketing schemes that encourage the purchase of large quantities that even the most famished households cannot consume before the food spoils. Statistics of Global Food Waste If this problem persist without any measures to be taken, food inflation is going to reach severe high by 2030 and many...
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...Food Wastage At the moment, it is hard to tell whether the world has sufficient food supplies or not.Most of developed countries claim to have people who are still not able to access food while at the same time, still report of more food wastage than the third world, developing nations. That indicates a big mishap in the food cycle as it so happens that most of the food either finds itself in the dumpster or on the plates of the very rich. China, USA, Canada, South Eastern Asia, and Europe have been amongst the countries hit by this storm of food wasting. While Britain is said to be throwing away about thirteen pounds of food per week, Canada is struggling with same problem. The United States is not spared either. Food and Agriculture Organization, abbreviation as FAO says that about a third of the world produce is wasted. By 2007, FAO projected that the increase ought to have gone high by sixty percent so that the emerging wealthier generation could be fed totally. While people could focus on increasing production, it is worth noting that reducing the amount of food waste in most cases would see to the situation being placed under comtrol, albeit for a bit (Barclay, 2014). Globally, around 1.3 billion ton of food goes to waste. Food is wasted from initial agricultural production, all the way to the final household consumption. The medium and high income countries are the leaders in the food wasting melee. Food is thrown away despite being still suitable for human consumption...
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...“Zero Waste Strategy” * 2011 overview of results * Reduced more than 80% waste * Returned $231 million back to Walmart * Forecast for strategy’s success * Prevention of 11.8 million tons of CO2 emissions annually * How is the strategy implemented? * Through recycling * Super Sandwich Bale (SSB)—a huge bundle of waste * Includes up to 32 items for recycling * Aluminum cans * Plastic hangers * Plastic drinking bottles * Plastic wrap * Paper * 2009 landfill reduction: by 151.8 million lbs * 1.3 million lbs. aluminum * 11.6 million lbs. paper * 18.9 million lbs. plastic hangers * 120 million lbs. plastic * 2011 landfill reduction equivalents * Cardboard equal to the weight of 19 aircraft carriers * Plastic hangers equal to the weight of 4,098 Jeep Grand Cherokees * Bales of recycled material laid end-to-end equal to 4,482 football fields * A closed loop cycle * Result of recycling * Most recycled products end up back on Walmart’s shelves * Wooden pallets are refurbished so that they can be reused * Cardboard boxes and paper turned into new products * Through donating food * Partnership with Feeding America organization * Whereas Walmart used to discard still-good food that was past expiration...
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...ended? Well if you have, you most likely would have observed the absurd amount of wasted food spilling out of trash cans and scattered around the concrete floors. It makes you realize how much food we waste daily, and how preventable that is. The waste we see has so much potential to be dispersed and organized into composting and recycling bins. With that in mind, it is mandatory that Mills High School should be required to have composting and more recycling bins around campus, this would be beneficial to our planet, as well as the upcoming generations. The benefits range from most importantly controlling climate change to reducing the amount of waste around campus...
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...aim to address the problem of needless food waste that occurs all around the world. Much of this waste can be attributed to the inefficiencies of the grocery shopping itself. For any number of reasons, shoppers purchase food in excess, or without a specific plan for how they will use a given item. A simplified example: suppose a shopper purchases a ripe tomato because it is being sold for a fair price, he enjoys tomatoes, and assumes he will use it in a dish soon. Over the course of the following week, however, the individual fails to consume the tomato. He dines out with friends, chooses to prepare meals that do not require tomatoes, or simply forgets he had purchased the tomato at all. The tomato spoils and he throws it out. He has not only misused his money, but he has disallowed the possibility for any other person consuming the tomato. Our customer feels upset at this waste. We hope to provide a solution for our customers that will reduce grocery buying inefficiencies and make our customers’ lives better. Our customer is the socially conscious grocery shopper. They are adults with middle to high income, and middle to high education level. Our product is best suited to individuals who do want to prepare food at home. Our customer is willing to change his grocery shopping habits in an effort to waste less food. The solution is Mela. Mela is a subscription service that makes the grocery buying more efficient and reducing food waste is its primary objective. Mela uses an algorithm...
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...TerraCycle: Outsmarting waste 1. Upon what basis did Szaky make decisions throughout the development of the venture? Tom Szaky is an entrepreneur, known for starting TerraCycle, a company that makes consumer products out of waste. Although the environment and the venture itself changed a lot throughout the development, Szaky always remained true to himself. He believed that a waste management business could make a profit and promote environmental protection at the same time. However, gut instincts and being in the right place at the right time was also an important issue for the former success - commencing with the idea for the startup business when he visited his friends and discovered the fertilizer which they had developed. Shortage of money was an essential subject in the first years of the business and therefore many decisions were based on capital procurement. Later on as the business was running better, a lot of decisions were not based on financial matters but to snap a chance to advance growth. 2. What are the critical moments that TerraCycle faced, and how did they define the firm? The corporate history of TerraCycle includes a plethora of critical moments and challenges. Starting with the disappointing place at the business plan competition, wherefore the entire foundation of the company was made for. As they found a possibility to implement their idea by using worm gins from an investor, they had to scramble up some money. The testiest struggle was raising capital...
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...Brandon Alt Eng 112-12 Barbara North May 30, 2012 Trash Why are there so many landfills in America? It is because the amount of trash that the people put out is too high. All of this trash that we put out is adding up into our landfills, end up being burned, or even flow out into our oceans. Since most things that you put out into our trash are not biodegradable, these landfills will continue to grow and grow over time. Such things will have a negative impact on the environment. Though you can’t see the impact of it now, it’s going to hit us like a ton of bricks in the future. We can help avoid this fate by simply eating less food, recycling more and to use more biodegradable packaging. There are many ways that we can reduce the amount of trash we produce as people. One main way is to eat less food. In this day and age not much food is sold without some sort of paper or plastic packaging covering the item. If you just lower the amount of food we eat we can drastically lower the amount of trash produced as a whole and lower our weight leading to healthier life styles. Based on values in 2001 the USA produced 409,029,000 tons of trash. In the same year there was a population of 286,345,000. This equates to roughly 1.43 tons per person, that’s 2860 pounds of trash per person. Now how to distinguish between trash from people vs. the trash produced by factories and other large companies is hard. Of these 409,029,000 tons of trash only 32 percent was recycled, leaving behind...
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...Rachael Hale American Genius The spirit of the American people is what truly makes America brilliant. It is our ambition, hard work, commitment, creativity, innovation, and generosity that have helped shape America into what it is today. We are a country that has been through seemingly insurmountable difficulties, but we have always managed to come out on top, learn from our mistakes, and advance ourselves toward the greater good of all. Since its founding, America has grown as a whole. We have fought to eliminate injustices while promoting integrity, courage and greatness. The right of freedom of speech granted to us by our founding fathers ensures that if there are injustices being committed that the American people will find out about them and we will be courageous enough to stand up and face the oppressors. We are a country that fights for what we believe in. The belief in the American Dream has always been the vision of this country. A belief that everyone is created equal. Regardless of race, religion, gender, or social status, every man and woman should have access to the same education and opportunities for advancement. Every citizen of this country should be granted the same freedoms. We have always been a melting pot of different religions, races, and cultures all with different ideas. One of our foundational beliefs is that we all have the same opportunities. In his inauguration speech Barack Obama said, “Our success depends on honesty and hard work, courage and...
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...the history of America, the usage of natural resources and the depletion of nature has increased dramatically. Many factors contributed to the increase in the usage of these materials. The Industrial Revolution, Wars, events that date back to the beginning of civilization on this continent. The oppression and assimilation of Native Americans were actions underlied by feelings of entitlement and negligence for generations to come. The white settlers employed their western moral over the Native culture and condemned any actions against their beliefs. Put yourself in the Native American’s shoes for a minute. Imagine this, there is no internet, no national communication, no statewide communication, little knowledge...
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