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Reducing food waste benefits communities by sending less food to landfill, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the resources required to meet food demand, and enhancing food security,» said Kathleen McLaughlin, chief sustainability officer, Wal - Mart Stores, Inc., and president of the Walmart Foundation.
Not exact matches
The social, environmental and economic
benefits of preventing and
reducing food waste must be shared through education and outreach initiatives.
Reducing food waste in the U.S. can deliver significant environmental, social and economic
benefits.
The challenge for frozen
food brands, and indeed government, is to better educate consumers as to the health and sustainability
benefits of frozen
food to overcome negative perceptions, and drive greater usage of the freezer to
reduce food waste.
Dr Karen Brooks continued, stressing that we need to look at the distributional
benefits and losses of
reducing food loss and
waste.
The
benefits of a connected kitchen are many: improved product consistency, less
food waste,
reduced energy consumption, and enhanced
food safety, to name a few.
Much of this
food could instead feed hungry people, while at the same time
reduce waste disposal costs and provide tax
benefits for businesses donating
food.
Alan Bird discusses Wessanen UK's approach to
reducing finished product
food waste through their partnership with
food redistribution charity FoodShare - an initiative which brings both financial and ethical
benefits to the business.
Other
benefits include increased order accuracy,
reduced food waste and increased guest satisfaction, Woycik said.
Plastics provide tremendous
benefits to society and our planet, such as
reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
food waste and energy use — but used plastics don't belong in our ocean.
Digestion
benefits: Turmeric enkindles digestion, calms inflammation and
reduces the build up of undigested
food waste in the gastrointestinal tract.
This has several
benefits for the customer: it helps keep the
food clean,
reduces waste and decreases the amount of time required to feed several animals, since the feeder is filled less often.
As well as the environmental
benefits, recycling your
food waste reduces the cost of
waste disposal for your council which in turn means there is more money available for other public services.
Putting forth the resources necessary to
reduce food waste and redirect surplus
food to people who would
benefit from it is essential to ensuring sustainable development overseas and here at home.