June 2013
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USGS Releases Water And Sediment Priority Constituents Monitoring Report
The USGS has released a new report, Prioritization of Constituents for National and Regional Scale Ambient Monitoring of Water and Sediment in the United States, that addresses the methodology used to prioritize constituents to be assessed. This effort was undertaken in preparation for the third decade of the National Water – Quality Assessment Program from… Continue reading
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USDA And EPA Launch U.S. Food Waste Challenge
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the U.S. Food Waste Challenge Tuesday, calling on others across the food chain – including producer groups, processors, manufacturers, retailers, communities, and other government agencies – to join the effort to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste. Secretary Tom… Continue reading
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Food Waste And Environmental Impacts Are Focus of World Environment Day
40% of food Americans have available to them goes uneaten. This equates to $165.6 billion in food is wasted each year. In the United States alone, consumers waste 10 times more food per capita than those in Southeast Asia. Reducing food losses by just 15% would mean enough food to feed more than 25 million… Continue reading
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Reducing Food Waste For Businesses
According to EPA, more food reaches landfills and incinerators than any other single material in municipal solid waste (MSW). In 2010 alone, more than 34 million tons of food waste was generated, with only three percent diverted from landfills and incinerators for composting. Continue reading
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World Environment Day 5 June 2013
World Environment Day (WED) once again will be celebrated around the world this Wednesday, June 5th. The theme for this year’s WED is Think.Eat.Save. Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint. Given this enormous imbalance in lifestyles and the resultant devastating effects on the environment, this… Continue reading