Category Archives: International

Selling “Sell-By” Down the River

The Brits have proposed yet another innovative idea for reducing food waste: ban sell-by dates.  As part of the War on Waste campaign, Britain’s Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn proposed the elimination of these “sell-by” dates while keeping true expiration dates to avoid confusion. Many consumers see the dates aimed at retailers and just throw items away. What’s more, […]

June 10, 2009 | Also posted in Food Safety, Supermarket | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Here’s a story on the lifecycle environmental impact of one manufacturer’s heat-and-eat chili. Very interesting stuff, especially the trade off between packaging waste and food loss. — — The San Jose Hazmat team was called in to handle the stench from an office fridge. Seven were sent to the hospital. Just a sad day for […]

May 15, 2009 | Also posted in Events, Farm, Friday Buffet, Trayless | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Here’s a wasted food first: linking to a sermon. This post from The Middletown Eye has an engaging sermon that touches on excess food and the Food Not Bombs controversy in Middletown, Conn. — — Norcal Waste Systems is now Recology. Cool site, but we’d prefer more composting. — — Swine flu fears lead to slaughter of Egyptian […]

May 8, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Food Recovery, Friday Buffet | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

The Econovore and I may disagree on how to avoid it, but we both abhor waste. I’d love to have a beer with her, but I’m sure I’d get stuck with the tab. Oh well, it’d probably be worth it to get a few of her “flexipes” that could preclude so much waste. — — […]

April 24, 2009 | Also posted in College, Food Recovery, Friday Buffet, Trayless | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

As you guys know, I’m all for avoiding food waste, but this insider tip does not make me want to eat hospital food. Then again, I do like the baking soda toothpaste… — — While you were enjoying Easter, Australia’s Do Something launched the FoodWise campaign. They’ve set some reasonable goals and even have a […]

April 17, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Friday Buffet, Hunger, Institutional | Comments closed

Web-prevented Waste

A Scottish entrepreneur just launched a site that will enable grocers to sell goods approaching their ‘best by’ date to bargain hunting consumers. Unfortunately, I don’t know what the site is called. That’s because this article–in a stunning feat of journalistic incompetence–doesn’t provide the name or URL. While I’m complaining, a second source (on this […]

April 14, 2009 | Also posted in Supermarket, Technology | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

While we’re all fired up about Seattle, let’s not forget how progressive San Francisco’s composting program is. — — I’m not quite sure what to think when a conscious food squanderer writes about changing her ways. I’m still trying to remain calm after struggling through the first part of her column. — — There’s a new […]

April 3, 2009 | Also posted in College, Composting, Friday Buffet, Household | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Eureka! Folks in that California town are thinking about installing a digester to turn food waste to energy. — — Word out of England is that some pols want to ban “buy one, get one free” deals. The Liberal-Democrats’ rationale is that stores are luring people to buy more food than they need, causing unnecessary […]

March 13, 2009 | Also posted in Food Safety, Friday Buffet, Supermarket, Tree Gleaning | Comments closed

When Grandmas Go Green

What’s not to love about The Green Granny? While I’d rather eat my grandmas’ cooking than this “green” dish, this GG has noble goals. If you take your grannies soothing, English and environmental, sit back and enjoy: The video is part of Oxfam’s 4-a-week campaign, which suggests four actions we can take to help those […]

March 4, 2009 | Also posted in Environment, Household | Comments closed

When Waste Rots

Curious about food waste’s environmental impact after it’s been sent to a landfill? A report from the UK provides the dirt on London’s food waste carbon footprint. (If you’re curious, here’s the entire report.) The headline: Londoners produce food waste which emits 6.3 million tonnes of greenhouse gases per year, a new report reveals. Just […]

February 26, 2009 | Also posted in Environment, Waste Stream | Comments closed