To help inform them
about food waste, the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion has developed a new infographic, Let's Talk Trash, with information on
food loss and
waste facts and reduction tips.
There's been a lot of talk lately
about the
food crisis, and particularly linking it to growing crops for biofuels (a highly inefficient process which seems to drive prices up, particularly in US policy), but Frances More Lappe argued in her books several years ago that there is, in
fact, enough
food on the planet to feed us all, but localized political troubles (grain rotting in Haitian ports), increasing desertification,
food waste, and problems with global supply chains are better explanations for why so many go hungry.
In
fact, if researchers are to be believed, uneaten
food accounts for more
waste water than we use for washing and drinking combined!Fiona Harvey over at The Guardian writes
about a new report from the UK government's
Waste and Resources Action Program (WRAP) which outlines the water and carbon impacts associated with
waste food.
The anaerobic digester has been in place since 2004, the plan is now to up the amount of
food waste processed into biogas from the current 90 tons per week to 200 tons: Food Waste Biogas Could Power 2.5 Million Homes Nationally The whole thing is perfectly fine, but if you're wondering what the big deal about just chucking your food waste in the landfill and perhaps have been a bit uncertain why we're always telling you about the virtues of composting, here are a few quick facts (again, thanks to the EPA for pulling these out) to supply the cont
food waste processed into biogas from the current 90 tons per week to 200 tons:
Food Waste Biogas Could Power 2.5 Million Homes Nationally The whole thing is perfectly fine, but if you're wondering what the big deal about just chucking your food waste in the landfill and perhaps have been a bit uncertain why we're always telling you about the virtues of composting, here are a few quick facts (again, thanks to the EPA for pulling these out) to supply the cont
Food Waste Biogas Could Power 2.5 Million Homes Nationally The whole thing is perfectly fine, but if you're wondering what the big deal
about just chucking your
food waste in the landfill and perhaps have been a bit uncertain why we're always telling you about the virtues of composting, here are a few quick facts (again, thanks to the EPA for pulling these out) to supply the cont
food waste in the landfill and perhaps have been a bit uncertain why we're always telling you
about the virtues of composting, here are a few quick
facts (again, thanks to the EPA for pulling these out) to supply the context.