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Machines turn food waste into grey water.

Is it possible for a machine to assist in the disposal of food waste? A company has created such a machine. It takes food waste and turns it into grey water. Very interesting maybe this could assist in processes the millions of pounds of food waste that is produced in restaurants and institution. The grey water could be used to water plants or simply added to the municipal waste water that is treated and returned into the city's water supplies. This is a very innovate design and very high tech.

http://www.gizmag.com/ecosafe-digester-big-data-food-waste-grey-water/34737/

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Solutions exist to reduce food waste as well as money including better packaging as well as changing the display habits in the produce section of the grocery stores.

Read this article for other tips and ideas that could help us all reduce emissions related to food waste as well as increase the money in our pockets.

"From Risk to Waste: Global Food Waste Regimes." The Sociological Review

Gille, Zsuzsa (2012). "From Risk to Waste: Global Food Waste Regimes." The Sociological Review 60, 27-46.

In this article an analytical approach was used to investigate the connections of the waste regimes, including the national and global influences involving waste on many different planes that include, but are not limited to the consumer, farmer, processor, distributor, and retailer. In current times food habits of many people are inclined to have a social relation. That can be connected to their food rather than treating food as a commodity. Just as food is socially connected, so is the waste that is generated with a clear social correlation. Additionally, the researcher viewed waste from an economical stance. The waste stream can be directly linked to economic risk avoidance decisions. In conclusion, that the waste and value circulation is interdependent. Many decisions, regarding the economic gain or loss, are a direct result of the waste that may be generated in the wake of a natural hazard, such as drought or pests. I found it interesting how different stages of food in its life cycle can and does classify whether the food is a loss or a waste. The terminology such as “food loss” deems food as a loss instead of a waste during the stages of “post-harvest but pre-consumption”. Gille’s research is sensible, comprehensive and indifferent from the typical sustainability viewpoint that many researchers have when covering such topics. Generally, the research that I have reviewed is centered around the amount and frequency of food waste, creating quantify values. Whereas this research took interest into the social correlations of food waste. I believe it is all-relative and interrelated where there are a lot of different reasons that food is wasted.

The information that was reviewed is attributed to the following peer-reviewed article. Below is a link where you may read the article.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-954X.12036/abstract

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To look at the Westernization of traditional diets per the nutrition transition mentioned in the title, our first step ought to be looking at the elements and defining features of this Western diet.

There was a time when the Western diet did not exist – subsistence farmers and hunters and…

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Hopefully, as the world continues to become modernized and adopt western lifestyles and eating habits they will also be able o learn from the mistakes already made by the Americans and that have suffered from poor nutrition and lifestyle choices. America has a lot of information about how to be healthy and proper diets and exercise hopefully the developing world will adopt these qualities as well.

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To look at the Westernization of traditional diets per the nutrition transition mentioned in the title, our first step ought to be looking at the elements and defining features of this Western diet.

There was a time when the Western diet did not exist – subsistence farmers and hunters and…

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"Reasons for Household Food Waste with Special Attention to Packaging." Journal of Cleaner Production 24, 141-48.

This study examines the reasons behind household food waste and how and to what extent does food packaging influence the amount of food waste a household generates. The study was based in Sweden where sixty-one families volunteered for the study. The volunteer households were broken down into two separate groups. The green group had thirty members. The blue group had thirty-one members. The members of the green group received an education on the various environmental issues. The study covered a period of seven days, and the participants were asked to report on various different topics in a diary that they used to chart the seven-day study. The food waste was and charted and categorized into reasons for discarding. Food waste connections from storage had reasons that varied as follows bought too much; difficult to empty completely, past the best before date, rotten, sour. Food waste in connection to meals were recorded under such descriptors as, not possible to save for leftovers, don’t want the food for left overs, didn’t taste well, mistake while preparing, accident and saved but didn’t use in time. The findings were that on average the households discarded 1.7 kg of waste/wk. Two thirds of the food waste was generated from stored foods while one third came from meals. The findings of the study show that packaging may contribute to the amount of food waste generated. Although the study had interesting findings the results and sample size does not represent the average population of Sweden, since just a small group of families participated in the study. This causes the data to be uncertain, but can be utilized for other studies.

Williams, Helén, Fredrik Wikström, Tobias Otterbring, Martin Löfgren, and Anders Gustafsson(2012). "Reasons for Household Food Waste with Special Attention to Packaging." Journal of Cleaner Production 24, 141-48.

The information that was reviewed is attributed to the following peer-reviewed article. Below is a link where you may read the article.

http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/93524/Gustafsson_JCP_2012.pdf?sequence=1

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Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles — researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many variations at once and quickly arriving at the optimal system. Call it distributed DIY. And the results? Delicious. <em>(Filmed at <a href=http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/744>TEDxManhattan </a>.)</em>

This is a great Ted talk for those of you interested in gardening and communities. If we grow our own food then production food waste loss is reduced, and hopefully having an appreciation for the food you’ve produced reduces your comfort with throwing it straight into the landfill…

Happy gardening! Even here in Montana!

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This is a great innovated idea for small living spaces. Clean air, fresh food,and living art what could be better.

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Papaya Processing Waste A.K.A Food Waste

This article focuses on an on-going study involving the food waste that is generated from the commercial processing of papayas. In Hawaii, papayas are a major agriculture crop, and during the processing of the fruit, nearly 50% of the weight becomes waste. Posing a major issue for the state of Hawaii due to the small amount of land that is available for landfills. Furthermore, it is a waste of a resource. In this study the purpose was to determine the feasibility of using the papaya processing waste (PPW) as a substrate for yeast growth that is then used as a nutrient dense supplement for shrimp in the aquaculture industry. Nutrient quality and the overall health affects and viability of shrimp were measured. The PPW products showed that the nutrients were exceptional and that the shrimp benefited from a diet that has mixed feed and yeast products. In addition to the nutrient quality an economic analysis was calculated to assess the capital cost, operational cost, maintenance and material cost. Results although, not conclusive were able to demonstrate that the papaya waste as a shrimp food supplement is a competitive cost-effective approach for both the aquaculture industry as well as the environment. The on-going study revealed a promising avenue for the waste that is generated by the papaya agriculture and processing industries. The information found is could become a promising possibility for the future of PPW. Possibly in the future the waste can be diverted away from the landfills and create a profit from what is currently just wasted.

The information that was reviewed is attributed to the following peer-reviewed article. Below is a link where you may read the abstract.

Kang, H.y., P.y. Yang, W.g. Dominy, and C.s. Lee (2010). "Bioprocessing Papaya Processing Waste for Potential Aquaculture Feed Supplement – Economic and Nutrient Analysis with Shrimp Feeding Trial." Bioresource Technology, 101.20, 7973-979.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20541398

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Do you think it is possible for a person to ride their bicycle across America 4,700 miles, while primarily consuming food that has been discarded by the grocery stores? The answer is YES! In fact a guy by the name of Rob Greenfield has done this exact thing. On his second trip across the country he faces the “Food Waste fiasco,” Head On. He and the volunteers he teamed up with through social medium, throughout numerous cities across the nation where he conducted his research. Were able to collect and give away over $10,000 wroth of edible food, which also feed well over 500 people. This is impressive and depressing all at the same time. If Rob was able to feed over 500 people from dumpster diving. Just imagine the amount of people that could be feed if we completely eliminated the food waste Patrice. This is a real concern when around 50 million of the 317 million Americans are food insecure. Is it that we don’t produce enough food currently? No, since adequate food is produced for 500 million Americans. Predominantly it is industry standard that promotes and causes the pre-consumer waste. Lets stop being so damn picky, and paying attention to what we as a people are communicating to the food producer and distributors. I am inspired by his movement and alarmed that it is more common for a grocery store to throw the food away than to donate it. From fear of being sued or sustaining some sort of backlash from “tainted” food products. Although there is a law that protects grocery stores if and when they donate the food that their consumers are unwilling to purchase, “The Good Samaritan Food Act,” which provides tax wrote offs, allows them to aid in their communities needs, saves food waste from entering the waste stream which correlates to less dumpster fees for the grocery store, a win- win situation. Next time you are out and about take a peek into the grocers dumpster and see what they are tossing, could it go to the food Bank and feed our local people?

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It is a well-known fact that people around the world are malnourished and hungry every day. Simultaneously, food waste around the world has increased drastically.

According to a new United Nations report, this wasted food is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country,...

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American families throw away up to $2,200 worth of food every year.

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