Posts Tagged ‘food waste’
Social Impact of Food Waste
Issues surrounding food waste expand beyond the environmental impact associated with excess use of natural resources and emissions. With millions of Americans struggling to gain access to nutrient-rich foods —like fresh fruits, vegetables and meat — each day, food waste impact our society as well as the environment. According to Feeding America, 48.1 million Americans,…
Read MoreThe Environmental Impact Of Food Waste
As millions of tons of food waste are generated in the U.S. each year, it comes as no surprise that the effects of this waste place a burden on our environment. The environmental impact of food waste is two-fold. First, with the use of resources needed to farm, process and transport food that will not be…
Read MoreOrganics Recycling Case Study
Quest Client Achieves 99.99% Landfill Diversion of Organics With the help of Quest, one of the nation’s largest retailers has developed a strong sustainability program over the last decade that focuses on financial stability and environmental responsibility. The corporation set a goal to achieve zero waste across all global operations and has been working to meet the lofty goal.…
Read MoreQuest Develops Organics Recycling Solution
At Quest Resource Management Group (Quest), we pride ourselves in finding innovative solutions to meet our clients’ specific needs and manage their waste streams. When a large grocery retailer needed a more user-friendly organics recycling program, we jumped at the opportunity to find the answer. Quest designed a customized food waste recycling program for 77…
Read MoreRetail Food Waste and the Supply Chain
In the developed economy of the United States, approximately 80 percent of food loss takes place at the retail and consumer levels of the supply chain. Losses at the farm, transportation and processing levels account for the remaining 20 percent. Some food losses at the retail level of the supply chain are unavoidable, such as damaged…
Read MoreRetail Food Waste White Paper
Food waste has become a substantial issue in developed countries like the United States in recent years. It impacts the wellbeing of both consumers and businesses on multiple levels including financial, environmental and social. At Quest, we are dedicated to reducing waste by diverting food, among a variety of other waste streams, from our nation’s…
Read MoreFood Waste by the Numbers
What is Food Waste? Food waste is one element of “food loss,” a measurable amount of the post-harvest food supply, which is not consumed for a variety of reasons. Food loss includes figures of loss from cooking, natural shrinkage, mold, pests, and spoilage due to inadequate climate control as well as food waste. The USDA…
Read More5 Grocer Benefits To Participating In A Food Recycling Program
Every day grocery stores generate large amounts of food waste – unsellable meat, seafood, fat and bones coming from either their food preparation department or pulled from shelves (because of looming expiration date). This material is routinely landfilled carrying with it an economic and environmental cost. If landfilled (where it then rots), these materials generate…
Read MoreWhy U.S. Companies Are Rooting Out Food Waste
We’ve become a throwaway society. Leftovers from a dinner out get tossed into the trash. Bruised or past due supermarket produce winds up in dumpsters and ultimately in our landfills. There’s a growing movement to give “organics” a second life. The Zero Waste movement has taken on food waste and businesses and organizations are embracing this sustainability…
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