A great idea in action -- feeding hungry locals in Chicago with food waste from restaurants (see link below): http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/restaurants-are-food-recovery-certified-feed-hungry-locals-and-reduce-waste.html?utm_content=buffer08513&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
"In the United States, 40 percent of food is wasted, which adds up to 72 billion pounds of food per year going into landfills, at the cost of $165 billion. There it decomposes, producing methane. At the same time, 1 out of 6 American families doesn’t know where they will find their next meal."
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