Facts  40% of food in America is uneaten  7% of the produce that is grown is not used.  Supermarkets toss out $15 billion worth of fruits and veggies each year.  Lots of foods are kept at wrong temperatures, resulting in spoils  On average, each store wastes $2,300 worth of food per day; because the products were close to expiring.

Facts 2  An average diners at home leave 17% of food uneaten  American families throw out 14 to 25% of food they buy.  Only 3% of food is composted  Most food goes to landfills and releases methane

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Food waste chart (Pounds per day) Food wasteFoodWater and MilkCandy Home Restaurants Supermarkets Grocery Stores Cafeteria Farms Fast Food

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Solutions 1. Compost more food 2. EAT MORE OF SERVED FOOD!!! 3. Sort uneaten food in buckets, then take the food to downtown and give it to the people in need 4. Do not trash rotten food, compost it 5. If a grocery’s store food is close to expiring they could give it to the homeless or compost it.

More Solutions 6. Before the lunch period, the teachers can ask the children what of 4 choices they want for lunch, that way the cafeteria does not make that much food. 7. Have an ort can that is sorted. 8. If the person getting food does not want something they could just not take it on their plate.

What is happening Chicago Public Schools  Recycling at CPS  Recycling Rewards  Drink. Drain. Recycle!  Food Share  Free Things Program  Green Clean-Out Contest  Paper Waste Busters  Composting Cohort  Waste audits  AFHK grant to reduce breakfast waste

What else is happening Breakfast Waste Audit Results George Washington Elementary (Nov 2011)  301 milk cartons used each morning =  51,113 milk cartons could be recycled  each year  99.6 pounds of liquid each morning =  16,932 pounds could be kept out of the  landfill each year  398 paper bags used each morning =  67,660 bags could be recycled each  year

What is also happening enrollmentNumber of milk cartons to recycled each year Pounds of liquid to be kept out of the landfill each year* # paper bags to be recycled each year 250 students22,950 cartons5,610 pounds25,500 bags 500 students 45,900 cartons11,210 pounds51,000 bags 750 students68,850 cartons16,030 pounds76,500 bags