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By Eric Myers, director of organic recycling for Waste Management Across the globe, one third of the food produced for human consumption goes uneaten. It’s a shocking figure—especially when 870 million people worldwide go hungry every day. Aside from the impacts on people, this level of waste carries with it high financial and environmental

Imagine that you’re eating lunch at your favorite restaurant, but unable to finish the food you ordered. You opt not to take the leftovers home (who has room in the fridge anyway?) so the waiter takes the food back to the kitchen. Now, rather than throw out the food to go to a landfill,