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Dana Gunders - Waste
- 1. courtesy of Just Eat It movie.
- 2. About how many days past the sell-by date can you eat eggs? a) None, that’s gross b) 3-5 c) 10-20 d) 20-35
- 3. Let’s just say you weren’t quite sure, so you put the egg in a bowl of water. You know it’s is still good to eat it if it: a) Floats b) Sinks
- 4. Okay, let’s just say it floated and you toss it. How many minutes of a shower could you have taken with the water it took to produce that egg? a) 5 b) 11 c) 25 d) 40
- 5. And what if instead of an egg, you threw out a hamburger? How many minutes of showering then? a) 20 b) 50 c) 75 d) 90
- 6. And let’s just say instead of one hamburger, you threw out all the turkey that gets thrown out over Thanksgiving. How many New York – San Francisco car trips would produce the same GHGs? a) 8, 000 b) 80,000 c) 800,000 d) 8 million
- 7. We invest a huge amount in agriculture in the U.S.
- 8. 40 Percent of food in the United States goes uneaten.
- 9. And it costs a lot $162 - $218 billion
- 10. This has serious resource impacts
- 11. 141 TRILLION CALORIES It’s also a huge loss of nutrition
- 14. SOME SOLUTIONS
- 18. Building consumer momentum Reforming food date labels Identifying & piloting model policies and programs What is NRDC doing?
- 22. REDUCE FOOD WASTE 50% BY 2030 The moment to seize On September 16, 2015, U.S. announced goal to
- 23. Let’s just say you were concerned about this whole food waste thing, what could you do? a) Something
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- enough protein to fulfill the annual requirements for as many as 10 million men or 12 million women; and there is enough seafood lost to close 36 percent of the gap between current seafood consumption and the levels recommended by the 2010 U.S. Dietary Guidelines
- - Straight caloric conversion.
- Sarah As we looked deeper into the opportunities, what we found was that solutions that prevent and recover food provide the greatest economic benefits. On average, edible food purchased at retail is valued at approximately $2.50 per pound, or $5,000 per ton. Meanwhile, when food is ready to be thrown away as scraps, its value has generally dropped by 10 to 50 times to under $100 per ton. However, without solutions to recycle food waste, achieving the US government’s goal that was set in 2015 to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030 will be nearly impossible. <consider adding 1-2 more interesting insights from the cost curve>
- Heinz - Developed to help consumers eat as much or as little as they like, the bottle has a see-through portion control guide on the side. ASDA - New packaging film extends product shelf life from 4 days to 8 days, helping to maintain the nutritional value in the product for longer, and reducing waste levels of this product by up to 50% throughout the supply chain and at homes. M&S - Not only does this method cut down the packaging weight by up to 69%, but it also keeps the meat fresher for up to four extra days, which means it is less likely to go to waste