Containers result in health and environmental risks and the cost is rediculous for the city.
It cost the city $86 per ton to landfill 2 million tons of waste a year.The city payment of at least $10 a ton for recycling paper and $14 a ton for recycling glass and plastic.Recycling 70 percent of paper and steel and a third of aluminum and glass containers can save the city amounts of money.Styrofoam realizes chemicals and it can pollute our seafood.
The Pacific Ocean is the main part that has styrofoam scatterd around and its bad for the fish because they devour styrofoam and other plastics and that can contaminate the food supply.
What really matters: Our Health
Food packaging keeps the food safe and fresh and it tells us how to store it and how to prepare it and much more.On the other hand packaging also fills trash containers and it consumes natural resources.Food waste is a big problem in the U.S.34 million tons of food was thrown away in 2010 wich was 14% of waste. in the united states