That email inspired me to
write about food waste, although my only intention was to decry this seemingly irrational regulation prohibiting donation to charity.
Not exact matches
We writers at TreeHugger have
written extensively
about how to reduce personal
food waste, from better meal management at home to changing your shopping habits, but it's particularly gratifying to see organizations such as Moisson Montreal fighting
food waste on a larger scale.
We've
written about the activism of Rob Greenfield a number of times over the last few years, covering his book, his tiny house, his
food waste dumpster diving bike tour, and more, and although those sustainable lifestyle challenges are inspiring, there's nothing like putting it into context to really bring the message home to the rest of us.
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.
When I
wrote about Qantas Airlines» plan to make biojet fuel from
food waste, I worried that there wouldn't be enough
food waste to go around.