\u201cOne man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure.\u201d This quote is proven to be true in the case of a Canadian couple, filmmakers Jen Rustemeyer and Grant Baldwin who spent 6 months eating nothing but discarded food out of dumpsters, a decision that they made after seeing the large amount of edible food wasted just because they were not up to the consumers\u2019 standard of being \u201cfresh\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found 18-foot Dumpsters all the time filled with food, and the majority of that was because it was near the date label, but rarely past it,\u201d said Baldwin, who spent 6 months hunting for discarded food inside dumpsters and behind wholesale warehouses. Food waste is a very serious issue in the United States. It is the largest single source of waste in the country, beating out other waste products such as plastic and paper in landfills. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, more than 20% of what goes into municipal landfills is food, with food waste weighing at a total of 35 million tons in 2012.<\/p>\n