INTRODUCTION Waste is unavoidable in any society, but now we produce more waste than ever before. Around the world, modern civilization has been stuffing its refuse into abandoned mines, canyons and even dumping it in the oceans. Some of it is being incinerated, releasing poisonous gases into the air. This problem is worse in the industrialized countries of the North than in the South, but with the spread of technology, industrialization and accompanying standards of living, the garbage factor is an unwelcome and often unnoticed side effect of "development." The disposal of waste from ...
Food Waste in the UK Introduction According to the 'UK Love Food Hate Waste' approximately 7 million tonnes of food and drinks from homes in the United Kingdom are being wasted every year. Of this, more than half of the food products that are wasted are still perfectly fine to eat or drink. This is a large amount of food which is being thrown out. The act of throwing food out is a terrible though, but there are also several bad consequences to the wastefulness of food. One rather large consequence of food waste is the economic loss. ...