FOOD WASTE

HOW IT AFFECTS HUMANS

• Loss of essential materials
• Less people don't get the right amount of food
• 17% of our overall garbage is food

HOW IT AFFECTS PLANTS/ANIMALS

• If compost is not mature, it can cause chemical burns
• May compete with them for the use of soil nitrogen
• Harms animals lower on the food chain
• May be unhealthy to some animals to ingest it

FIVE SOLUTIONS

• Take less amounts of foods at a time
• Give food scraps to farmers
• Use for composting
• Give food to give away to people
• Eat leftovers

HOW IT AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT

• Loss of natural resources used to produce the food
• Energy and resources that go into producing the food is watsted
• Organic waste breaks down in landfills and causes production of methane

FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS

• U.S. Federal Food Donation Act Of 2008
• Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act

Results:
For a week of dinner at my house, approx. 10 pounds of food was wasted. Usually four people eat in my family producing about two maybe three pounds of food waste a night.