You know that compostable SunChips bag? Yeah, the really loud, crinkly one. Well, about that loudness–Frito Lay is discontinuing the bag precisely because of that noise! A real shame.
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Nice to see the study on the energy wasted when food isn’t eaten is getting some press. And man is it getting some press!
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Pay by what your food waste weighs?! In Korea, RFID technology on bins will enable this waste denier. Where was this when I was writing that Gizmodo piece??
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As reported by Emily Prager in The NYT, her new neighbors in Shanghai are uber-frugal. With food and other goods:
I put out a big garbage bag stuffed with unnecessary junk while my neighbors had almost no garbage at all. It was clear they used no paper products and ate every bit of food.
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In this article about an Italian cruise ship, the staff say waste is usually 10-20 percent and blame most of it on large eyed passengers. But they also have some techniques on how to avoid it.
The Fantasia does its best to minimise it by closing sections of the buffet when passenger numbers drop below 500. But a lot more waste is down to pure greed. Because they’ve paid for it, passengers take more than they can actually eat.
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Finally, since it’s October, here’s a quick reminder (via video) on how not to be wasteful at pick-your-own apple orchards.
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