[OKC] The Green Lantern: A Rind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste

[Miles, Karen]

the green lantern 


A Rind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste


Plus: A call for reader advice.


By Nina Shen Rastogi
Posted Monday, June 14, 2010, at 8:07 PM ET 

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I've heard that Americans waste 40 percent of their food. Could that
possibly be true? That's five eggs from every dozen!

Determining how much food we waste every day can be tricky, but the
calculation matters a great deal. Squandered calories mean that whatever
resources went into producing and shipping a foodstuff-like freshwater
and fossil fuels-are wasted, and edible matter that's left to rot in
landfills tends to generate methane <http://www.slate.com/id/2178595/> ,
a powerful greenhouse gas. So we really ought to know what percentage of
our food output gets dumped down the trash. The problem is, there just
hasn't been much research into this question. 

Article continues at URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2256339/

 

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