Title: Reading
Course: WVA 104 Sauces, Condiments & Dressings > Section: WVA 104 Sauces, Condiments & Dressings

Reading

Waste - Resource Conservation and the Environmental Protection Agency

At the EPA website, students are asked to read and review factors that contribute to resource conservation and ways to reduce industrial waste. Students are asked to read about reduce, reuse, and recycle strategies for effectively managing waste materials. Students are asked to consider the costs associated with purchasing products, including the consideration of product packaging in manufacturing when reading the following materials to divert surplus foods from landfills. Please read the following links at the EPA website.

- Source Reduction/Prevention
Preventing food waste before it is created.
- Feeding People
Donating fresh, wholesome food to those in need.
- Feeding Animals
Feeding safe, fresh food scraps to animals like pig farms.
- Industrial Uses
Rendering fats, oils, and grease and turning it into products or biofuel.
- Composting
Turning food waste into a valuable soil amendment.
- Anaerobic Digestion
Turning food waste into renewable energy and a valuable soil amendment.

Additionally, at the website, student’s area asked to read specifically about the EPA Food Recovery Challenge, and the EPA waste guide Putting Surplus Food To Good Use, which shares ideas on how to use surplus food in food manufacturing.

Click here to access the Food Waste Basics webpage on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website.

Click here to access the Food Recovery Challenge webpage on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website.

Click here to access the Putting Surplus Food to Good Use Guide on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website.