First, before I get to the food waste bans let me say that I hate the term food waste…food is only a waste if it is not utilized to make compost or energy. It is a food resource. Secondly, the findings of the report cited by Fast Company make it clear that the simplest reasons […]
As reported in the Times, about 30% of all food that we have in the United States is thrown away or wasted food…Think about that…30%…It is the single largest volume of material sent to landfills and resource recovery plants in the country!!!!!!!! When it decomposes in landfills, it releases as much green house gas as […]
South Korea has banned the disposal of food waste for 18 years….Unfortunately, as reported in the NY Times, the culture tends to generate more food waste than it should due to its culinary traditions..Specifically, too much food served at each meal. Sound familiar? However, in South Korea, the food waste is deemed a resource. It […]
Wow, talk about talking about food! Four articles in the NY Times outline the impact that we have on climate change, wasted foods ability to feed people, wasted money and loss of landfill space… Food Waste Grows With the Middle Class Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says Even Composting Comes […]
Let’s throw $1.5 billion into a landfill. According to the NYT, that is exactly what we are doing with 32 million metric tons of food. I have written before about the need for change to accomplish food waste recycling. This new article shows how large the problem really is. In landfills, the food decomposes and […]