Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

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The issue of food waste is presented in light of the statistics: forty percent of food produced for human consumption in the US goes to waste; over ninety percent of this amount will end up in the landfill, where the waste produces methane gas - a greenhouse gas - in an anaerobic process as no oxygen is able to get to the material to decompose it; the cost of food waste is $1 trillion annually; and that there is still a global problem of human hunger despite the food that goe... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Wasted! The Story of Food Waste:

Anthony Bourdain
John Morgan
Dan Barber
Mario Batali

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The issue of food waste is presented in light of the statistics: forty percent of food produced for human consumption in the US goes to waste; over ninety percent of this amount will end up in the landfill, where the waste produces methane gas - a greenhouse gas - in an anaerobic process as no oxygen is able to get to the material to decompose it; the cost of food waste is $1 trillion annually; and that there is still a global problem of human hunger despite the food that goes to waste. Food activists, including chefs, some of the celebrity variety, discuss the issue largely in context of the Environmental Protections Agency's (EPA) food pyramid which lists the preferred priority for the food produced (in order): that it reach humans for consumption; that it be used for animal/livestock feed; that it be converted into energy in the form of compost and/or something that can be used or converted for use, such as into electricity. They discuss the measures that some individuals, organizations and businesses have implemented, they all recognizing that problems exist all along the chain, from production, to distribution, to storage, to consumption, to disposal. Some also recognize that a large part of the problem is defining what waste is, where, for example, forty percent of the biomass of a cauliflower plant is commercially sold for human consumption while closer to one hundred percent can be consumed by humans.

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San Francisco Chronicle - 10/10 by G. Allen JohnsonIn the face of this relentless nihilism, it’s quite an achievement that the new documentary Wasted! The Story of Food Waste is so darned entertaining and hopeful, as well as informative.
Paste Magazine - 9/10 by Amy GlynnWasted is super optimistic, full of fantastic food-porn, and oftentimes hilarious. I was getting itchy myself before it was over, not because I was uncomfortable or bored but because I was excited to remember it might not be too late to plant winter crops in my small suburban backyard.
Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by Michael RechtshaffenThe skillfully assembled documentary Wasted! The Story of Food Waste proves as eye-opening as it is mouth-watering.
Movie Nation - 8/10 by Roger MooreSeriously, for a movie about garbage, Wasted! (Anna Chai and Nari Kye co-directed it) is awfully appetizing.
Austin Chronicle - 7/10 by Marjorie BaumgartenWasted! is sure to be mind-expanding for anyone who’s never contemplated what happens when excess food is scraped off one’s plate. But the film’s real novelty lies in the demonstration of actual solutions that have already been put into practice.
Hollywood Reporter - 7/10 by John DeForeInverts the usual eco-doc formula, spending only enough time on problems to establish their importance, then traveling around the world to prove how satisfying the solutions can be.
Village Voice - 6/10 by Serena DonadoniAs with many recent environmental documentaries, the filmmakers’ call to action is simple and upbeat: This isn’t so hard, people, we can do it if we try!
User Review - 10/10 by Emily JEducational film about amount of food waste that we make! Check it out and maybe we can make a difference!
User Review - 10/10 by Darcy HLove Bourdain always. A lot of fun and important.
User Review - 8/10 by Dave JYou'll be singing "I Love Trash" after this required viewing.

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