Food waste is something we don't usually think about. Food waste in the US is one-third of all food that is produced. Usually, we just throw it away and not think about the harm. After we throw it away it is being hauled to the landfill where is wasting energy than breaking down into methane. The methane releases into the air and causes global warming. We can also think about all the people on the streets who don't have food and how much food waste really effects us.

I completely agree. We do need to think about what we are throwing away. At my school there is a problem with people composting metal forks as well as juice boxes. We need to be more aware. And there are those people we need to think about who don't have food. The least we can do is give our "waste" to them.

Yes, food waste is a large issue because of the vast amount of waste that is made in America. There is a dump in Southern California (there is a lot of farming there) and it is a dump for food only. So much food is out there and a lot of it is still good to eat, it is just that it wasn’t good enough (apparently) to put on the shelf of a store. To solve this problem, some grocery stores have now created a food aisle that has cheaper prices, and the fruit is still edible, but it isn’t perfect (has bruises, is shaped weird, too small, little appearance issues).

Food waste is definitely a big one. Many people throw away there food without realizing that there are many other ways to handle large amounts of food waste like composting food that you wont eat and recycling plastics and paper

Do carrot tops and orange peels count as "food waste" or is it better to separate the discussion of "food" that people could eat, if given the chance, and biomass that could be animal feed or "compost"?