We Waste More Than We Should......

 Out of the many elements that gets thrown out on a daily basis, the one form of trash that should not be wasted, as much as it has been in recent years, is food waste. I have always been taught growing up to never waste any food during a meal, but apparently the same does not go for consumers in many societies around the world. In most cases, we don't even realize the major impact a half of a sandwich, our dinner leftovers, etc. can cause when an individual just throws it out. Especially here at DePauw, i have seen people throw food out and say things like, "oh its not big deal, I'm full but don't want to carry it back to my dorm." Other things people would say are, "I'm not going to worry about it, i have plenty of food back in my room if i get hungry later on." The fact is that many people, even here on DePauw's campus need to better their habits when it comes to food and reusing/ saving their food that they consume on a daily basis.   

The article i posted below provided a statement from an IME study, entitled 'Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not' concluded that "around 1.2 to 2 billion tons, or 30% to 50% of all the food that is produced around the globe does not reach a human stomach." It is pretty amazing to see that so much food that could of been saved is instead thrown out and wasted. Consumers in all societies need to realize that food is going to be a very valued resource in the near future. As the article below states, "maybe not in this life time, but in the next, the natural environment will have a hard time trying to keep up in supplying the ever increasing world population." If consumers continue on their path to waste food and other products (increasing the levels of trash) the huge amounts of pollution will only be our fault and in the end their will be no one to blame but ourselves. 

http://www.just-food.com/analysis/report-ignites-food-waste-debate_id121828.aspx