1. Food Waste

2. Where Waste Happens Consumers Vendors Farmers
Grocers
Food service industry
Cafeterias
Restaurants
Farmers
Food manufacturers, suppliers

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4. Common Issues with Food Waste
Portion, package sizes
Large pantries, fridges
Convenience
Dining out
Freebies
Bulk
Weekly shopping
Imperfect food
Old food
Lack of time, planning
Affluence

5. Common Issues with Food Waste (cont.)
Lack incentive to economize
Inexpensive food
Disposable income
No charge, fines for waste
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8 kinds of Cap’n Crunch!?!
Overstocking
Donation myths, accessibility

6. Common Issues with Food Waste (cont.)
Competition
More for your money
Size options
Fear of reducing prices, free food
Exclusive contracts

7. Impact of Food Waste Waste resources Carbon emissions
Land, water, ag inputs, energy, packaging, landfill space
Carbon emissions
Deprives producers of income
Perfectly edible, but ‘flawed’
Can push up food prices
Food insecurity

8. Fighting Waste Change gov’t policies Incentivize reducing food waste
Standardize expiration dates
In EU- feed livestock food waste
Incentivize reducing food waste
Seoul, SK
Restaurant fees
Change attitudes
Educate public
Improve, introduce technology
NGO collection programs

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Addresses packaging waste, consequences of disposal
Edible for humans, marine life
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Cons
Cost

10. Are You a Waster? In what ways do you waste food?
Do you feel differently now?
Have you worked somewhere that repurposes unused food or volunteered to transport it?

11. Food Waste Recap Happens through whole chain Very costly
US is the worst!
GS waste- poor infrastructure
Unnecessary, but difficult to address
Need to address at front end of problem