Category Archives: International

Friday Buffet

Update: This one slipped by me, but Diana F. tipped me off to the great news that the LA City Council voted to make city departments create policies for donating leftover food from events. — — Excessive food waste in the House of Commons tea rooms means there are fat mice in the halls of […]

July 23, 2010 | Also posted in Anaerobic Digestion, Composting, Friday Buffet | Comments closed

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As if the environmental benefits weren’t enough, separating food waste from landfill-bound trash also creates jobs! — — I always knew Converted Organics was innovative, but now there’s proof that I’m not the only one impressed with their High Temperature Liquid Composting (HTLC) system. — — Not to be outdone, Minnesota’s Eureka Recycling will soon […]

June 25, 2010 | Also posted in Anaerobic Digestion, Composting, Energy, Friday Buffet | Comments closed

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It’s not every day that Prince Charles and food waste find themselves in the same sentence. But that’s the story out of Britain, as the Prince of Wales blasted the country’s squandering. “In this country we waste 10 billion quid’s worth of food every year – wasted. Is that really a sensible system at the […]

May 28, 2010 | Also posted in Composting, Friday Buffet, Waste Stream | Comments closed

Do Tories Hate Waste?

After the recent election in Britain, there’s a new Conservative Party prime minister and cabinet. OK, sure. But what I’m wondering is what will become of Britain’s anti-food waste movement? Hopefully, nothing. After all, what’s more conservative than conserving your resources (i.e. not wasting)? The question is: is it Conservative? I’d guess that there will be […]

May 14, 2010 | Posted in International | Comments closed

Food Fight! (for a good cause)

The last time I groused about how food fights are dispicable, many of you told me to lighten up. Well, I’ve found a variation on the “activity” that makes me much less cranky: Food Fights Against Food Waste! This event, undertaken in Wales by these do-gooders, used food recovered from a dumpster. The practitioners aimed to bring attention to […]

April 27, 2010 | Posted in International | Comments closed

This Republic of Squandering

Food Waste Republic (as in, the Republic of Singapore) is a fabulous new project from three journalism students from the Asian island city-state. The site examines many facets of food waste through many mediums. There’s an engrossing audio slideshow from a wholesale market, where workers estimate that 30 percent of vegetables are thrown away. And […]

April 12, 2010 | Posted in International | Comments closed

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Bleaching food so humans don’t eat it has to be some sort of sin, right? Thoughts? — — Wow, I didn’t realize food was the largest portion of California’s waste stream. Nationally, it’s paper. Probably speaks to Californians’ success at recycling paper…and their lackthereof in reducing food waste. — — Talk about a candidate for […]

April 9, 2010 | Also posted in Energy, Friday Buffet | Comments closed

Ch-Ch-Chain of Waste

Our friends at WRAP just released a comprehensive study on UK food and drink waste throughout the supply chain. I know I sound like a broken record about WRAP, but the British semi-governmental agency keeps releasing important findings on waste. [Note: this research includes drink and packaging waste] The study, which you can read in […]

April 5, 2010 | Also posted in Household, Waste Stream | Comments closed

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CBS’ The Early Show weighed in with some household tips for avoiding food waste. Awesome to see the networks (finally) finding the issue of food waste. — — I can’t really say anything about this Grist article (for reasons that will become clear), but you should read it! In case you’re confused, click one of […]

April 2, 2010 | Also posted in Friday Buffet, School | Comments closed

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Sunny sent a tip that ABC News will have a feature on food waste on Friday night. I’ll post a link when/if it’s online. Update: the story ran on Saturday. — — Cheer up, Ivy Leaguers. Cornell’s NCAA tourney run may have ended, but at least Penn is composting its food waste (and reducing greenhouse […]

March 26, 2010 | Also posted in Composting, Food Recovery, Friday Buffet | Comments closed