The Econstructive Effect
We are a science project run by four eighth grade students at Branksome Hall in Toronto, Canada.Â
The true thing about food waste is you aren't just wasting food, you're wasting time, money, and labor. According to research, food waste ends up wasting a quarter of our water supply. As well as each year in the U.S, they spend over $220 billion growing, transporting, and processing almost 70 million tons of food that ended up going to waste. What other effects does this have on the environment? Well, transporting food, packaging and processing it sends loads of carbon dioxide into the air. Sending all that food to a landfill produces a lot of methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. Our food system is responsible for one third of human gas emissions. We know you can do better than this!Â
