Waste Management Education - Wasted

How you see this as a waste or as a raw material?

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"...our global food production system isn’t just the potential victim of climate change; it’s one of its primary causes...

Furthermore, there has not been much emphasis on the fact that 30%-40% of all food we produce is wasted..."

Climate change advocates: your focus on food insecurity is backfiring Jonah Sachs: Alarming predictions will likely just grow our current system of food production, exacerbating its environmental problems. The message should be that our industrial food system is driving climate change

A great customary!

World Cup 2014: Japanese fans clean stadium after losing 2-1 against Ivory Coast Japanese fans who watched their national team be defeated by the Ivory Coast in the Fifa World Cup on Saturday showed it is possible to lose graciously, when they stayed behind after the match to help clean up.

Interesting innovations for more sustainable future!

10 leading sustainability innovations A new study released today profiles 100 leading sustainability innovations - we showcase the top 10, featuring carbon-neutral plastic, recycling kiosks and an ethical smartphone

Worldwide change in food consumption poses environmental and waste management challenges...

China's growing hunger for dairy raises fears over sustainable production Super-herds of more than 10,000 cows are managed by farmers with little experience of the industry. Oliver Balch reports

In Finland we have a free high quality school lunch for pupils. The consumption of the food is hard to estimate and almost every day good food is left over. The surplus food used to go to biowaste but now many municipalities have started to sell or give the surplus school food for citizens.

For example elder people, who don't want/ can't cook anymore, are happy to get healthy lunch with low price.

Helsinki alkaa myydä tai jakaa ylijäävää kouluruokaa Helsinki alkaa myydä tai jakaa ylijäävää kouluruokaa lokakuusta lähtien, kertoo asiasta aloitteen tehnyt kaupunginvaltuutettu Petra Malin (vas).Toteutustapa eli myydäänkö vai jaetaanko ruokaa ja miten, selviää vasta syksyllä.

Concrete example!

So simple, so true! Which world do you choose? Pass on the message if you think we should use less plastic :)

The waste dump of our planet - a look at Marine Litter What we throw into the trash bin might end up into the sea.Our understanding is growing on this global issue, which has impacts on marine wildlife but also h...

This year's theme, 'Island Biodiversity', was chosen to coincide with the designation by the United Nations General Assembly of 2014 as the International Year of Small Island Developing States.

Islands and their surrounding near-shore marine areas constitute unique ecosystems often comprising many plant and animal species that are endemic—found nowhere else on Earth. The legacy of a unique evolutionary history these ecosystems are irreplaceable treasures. They are also key to the livelihood, economy, well-being and cultural identity of 600 million islanders—one-tenth of the world’s population.

https://www.cbd.int/idb/2014/

This advice would be good to give for many business world's representatives...

Our economy exists within our environment - let's not forget that! Conscious Consumers - support businesses that practice this :) Spread the world and encourage other people/businesses too.

At least we Finns complain that the food is too expensive and still we are wasting a big share of the food we buy... smart or not?

FOOD WASTE: a shame for human kind and for the environment