Looks like in.gredients, the Austin-based zero-waste store is set to open by the end of the year. The bulk food vender will mostly sell to customers wielding their own containers, but compostable packaging will be for sale, too. I’m excited to see this operation in action!
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Statistics New Zealand just released some interesting…statistics on food waste. For example, produce makes up more than half of (capital K)Â Kiwi food waste. And 27% of the country composts–wow!
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A Â partnership between Publix supermarkets and Waste Management has yielded a new composting facility in Florida. The Organics Recycling Facility in Okeechobee will turn food waste from 42 Publix stores into a useful soil amendment.
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This piece in The Hindu begins with this hammer blow:
Wasting food is a crime against humanity.
The rest of the story works, too, detailing food waste in India.
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