According to the article "This Apple Could Have Been Saved" by Kristin Lewis and reporting by Adee Braun, and the informational text "How To Reduce Your Food" by Scholastic, there are many ways that food gets wasted and many ways we can reduce the amount of waste from food. One way that food gets wasted according to "This Apple Could Of Been Saved" is that it is just easier to just throw away the food instead of taking care of it, for leftovers. "At school, you might toss your half eaten bag of pretzels because that's easier than carrying it around in your backpack all afternoon. Your parents, exhausted after a long day at work, might opt to order a pizza instead of cooking the chicken in the refrigerator. We often toss our leftovers because
