{"id":1402,"date":"2016-08-23T15:48:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T20:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/questrmg.com\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2020-01-29T10:44:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:44:30","slug":"environmental-impact-food-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/questrmg.com\/environmental-impact-food-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"The Environmental Impact Of Food Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

As millions of tons of food waste are generated<\/a> in the U.S. each year, it comes as no surprise that the effects of this waste place a burden on our environment. The environmental impact of food waste is two-fold. First, with the use of resources\u00a0needed to farm, process and transport food that will not be used, and second the\u00a0greenhouse gas emissions generated by food waste in the nation\u2019s landfills.<\/p>\n

Why Recycle Food Waste: Resources<\/h2>\n

The use of our nation\u2019s most precious natural resources \u2014 water and energy \u2014 to\u00a0produce food that will go uneaten takes a toll on the environment. An estimated 25\u00a0percent of the total freshwater used in agriculture in the U.S. is attributed to the production of food waste. Also wasted are the 300 million barrels of oil used in the farming and manufacturing of\u00a0food,\u00a0which will inevitably become waste.<\/p>\n

Why Recycle Food Waste: Emissions<\/h2>\n

Of the 250 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the U.S. in 2010, 34 million tons (roughly 14 percent) was comprised of food waste. As millions of tons of food waste decompose in the nation\u2019s landfills, methane gas is created and released into the atmosphere. Methane is a greenhouse gas 25 percent more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2). According to the EPA, 34 percent of methane emissions in the U.S. are attributed to landfills. Additionally, the environment suffers from the resulting CO2 emissions of farming and transporting organic materials \u2013 only to be transported once again to the landfill.<\/p>\n

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Download the\u00a0Retail Food Waste in the U.S.<\/a> white paper for more information.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Solution<\/h2>\n

Quest Resource Management Group develops comprehensive food recycling programs to help companies across the U.S. divert food waste from landfills.\u00a0In 2015,\u00a0Quest managed the landfill diversion of more than\u00a0600,000 tons of food from landfills,\u00a0leading to a CO2 emission savings equivalent of removing over 1.3 million cars from the\u00a0nation\u2019s roads for a year (396,360 metric tons of Co2).<\/p>\n

A comprehensive Quest food recycling program can provide the insight and reporting needed to manage and track food waste for individual retail outlets and nation-wide corporations.<\/p>\n

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