Food Waste In Landfills

The growing population of 10 billion people will significantly impact the amount of food waste each year due to food being poorly managed which causes basic needs from being fulfilled. The best viable solution to this concern includes how consumers handle wasted foods.

In recent years, the growing population causes foods to be discharged in landfills because they are poorly managed. This occurs mostly in the less developed countries where people don 't have the technology to have proper infrastructure. About 15% of the world’s population don’t have electricity to keep the food cool. This indicates that the foods are perishing sooner than usual, and the foods are going to waste. In more developed regions, food waste also results from consumers

Water plays a major role in the process of food production. All foods have a footprint that determines the amount of water used to produce that certain food. People are throwing away more food, which can cause an immense the volume of water to decrease. About 30 percent of water is being wasted each time someone throws away a meal. The wastage of water is equivalent to three times the volume of Lake Geneva. In other words, many people won’t have enough to water to drink and grow crops to survive. The basic needs of water and food wouldn’t be available because of the one problem, food waste. Unconsumed waste is one of the largest solid waste in the landfill that contributes to climate change. Wastes that ends up in the landfill releases a significant amount of methane. Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gas emission and it’s worse than carbon dioxide. Food continues to pile up in the landfill creating a remarkable of 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse emission. The methane accelerating impacts climate change and global warming. Climate change can affect the world from wildfires to extreme weathers like hurricanes. These catastrophes negatively impact the ecosystem and destroy homes for millions of organisms. Citizens can lose their homes because of the climate changes due to the greenhouse gas emission released from food waste. Eventually, people aren’t able to meet their basic needs because people don’t have

The best solution is how consumers should handle the food wasted. More than half of the population oversupply their food and leave it until the food spoils. Instead, consumers should prepare the same amount of food according to the meal for that night. Preparing food beforehand helps consumers to not overstock food in the refrigerator for months and let them spoil. This can limit the quantity of food wasted. Sometimes planning meals doesn’t exactly work for others. People overestimate themselves and buy plenty of food for a specific meal. This can cause leftover foods, but don’t throw them in the trash can. Recycling food is the ideal way to handle food that is being wasted. People can compost food that they don’t want to eat anymore. The composed food acts as a soil fertilizer that will help other crops to grow in the backyard. Recycling food is both beneficial to the environment and consumers who want fertile soil. If consumers have other leftovers, donating food to food banks is very crucial. Donating can help others in need and food isn’t wasted. The foods aren’t discarded in the landfill, so it won’t release methane, use all the land, and wastewater. The solution of food waste depends on the consumers and their choices of handling the