I recently
read something I hadn’t realized. After you have food from a fast food
restaurant you end up surrounded by garbage. And not 1 or 2 pieces….A PILE of
garbage. Think about it.
About 80
percent of marine plastic pollution comes from the land. Clean Water Action
(CWA) found that the biggest source with 49% of litter comes from fast food. According
to the CWA the five most significant sources were McDonalds, Burger King, Seven
Eleven, Starbucks and Wendy’s. Currently there are no federal laws or
regulations aimed at getting fast food chains to reduce, reuse or recycle their
waste. Besides this, consumption of fast food on a regular basis leads to many
health hazards. It is loaded with fats, sugars, high levels of sodium and lacks
of fiber and essential nutrients. Furthermore recent scientific studies show
that this type of food reconfigures hormones in the body, so you carve more of
that food. So the more you eat it the more you want it. At the end the
unhealthiness of the food is reflected in obesity, high cholesterol, high blood
pressure, heart disease, diabetes….and the list goes on and on..
So next time
your option is fast food, just think again. There might be a better, healthier,
more nutritional option that could produce less (or no) waste.
Sources
http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/06/fast-food-big-source-trash-pollution/
http://environment.about.com/od/recycling/a/fast_food_waste.htm
http://healthfood-guide.com/fastfood.aspx
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