Category Archives: Friday Buffet

Ins and outs from the week in food waste

Friday Buffet

Less waste through technology: When farmer’s market orders are made in advance online, growers only pick what they know will go to use.  — — The EPA food waste calculator–out sometime in September, I think–will let businesses calculate how diverting food from their waste stream will save them dough. (Hat tip to Lean Path.) — — […]

August 13, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Farm, Farmers' Market, Waste Stream | Comments closed

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Do missed shots with this popcorn flinging bucket mean food waste? Not if you believe in the five-second rule! Wild Fling, you do not make my heart sing.  — — Purdue University has plans to send its food waste to an existing anaerobic digester at a nearby waste water treatment plant.   And San Jose is looking at A.D. as […]

August 7, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Energy, International | Comments closed

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For those wondering what life is like at Food Banks these days, watch this engrossing video from the NY Times. “The food bank opens at 4 p.m. every Thursday, but the line outside begins to form as early as noon.” Increased demand has made it challenging for food banks to feed all of those in need. One […]

July 30, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, History and Culture | Comments closed

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I’ve written about vacation rental food waste recovery (mouthful!) before, but here’s a recent news report on it (with video). This is one of my favorite ideas, as it allows families who’ve rented homes for a beach getaway to donate their vacation groceries before they leave town. — — Atta boy, Texas! — — From a review of […]

July 24, 2009 | Also posted in Food Recovery, Hunger, Restaurant, Tree Gleaning | Comments closed

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The food waste book market is ‘hotting up.’ A book called Waste is now out in the UK. I’m excited about it and hope to get my hands on a copy soon. — — California’s East Bay MUD is the first wastewater treatment plant in the U.S. to turn post-consumer food waste into energy via […]

July 17, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Energy, Household, International | Comments closed

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In fruit recovery news…Concord, California’s Lemon Lady got some good press. The Times had a solid piece on tree gleaning last month. And I just found out about Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle, which specializes in tree fruit and whose site features a neat map of fruit trees gleaned. — — Ahh…Sweden. Each apartment in […]

July 10, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Household, International, School | Comments closed

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Here’s an intriguing idea for reducing waste: make it harder to throw stuff away. Designer Nadeem Haidary has created a trash can that tilts into a less-inviting angle the more it gets full. A less cool, but cheaper solution–don’t have a trash can in every room. — —  Bread for the City’s blog has a very interesting look […]

July 3, 2009 | Also posted in Events, Farm, School, Waste Stream | Comments closed

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Mandatory composting is officially a go in San Francisco (and should start this fall), as Mayor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law. You can read the text of his speech or watch it: — — Mottainai! Here’s a heartening, non-food related post on my favorite Japanese word (and concept). — — Also from Japan, […]

June 26, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Environment, History and Culture | Comments closed

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Come on, Cleveland! You’re telling me you toss so much food on the ground at ballgames that you’ve essentially trained sea gulls to come on game days?! First Drew Carey, now this? On the plus side, I’d really like to see a live eagle swoop, so I hope the fireworks don’t disperse the gulls. — — Here’s Makes […]

June 19, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Garden, Household | Comments closed

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On Wednesday, I wrote about a move in Britain to make expiration dates clearer as part of the “war on waste.” Here’s news of another battle in the war: waste-to-energy. — — Also from the UK (I have to learn another language or something), we learn that an increase in people living alone means more food waste. […]

June 12, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, International | Comments closed