Comments on: Studying Waste http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/03/12/studying-waste/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:40:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Christy Ruffner http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/03/12/studying-waste/#comment-22762 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:24:15 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/03/12/studying-waste/#comment-22762 Bottom line, we throw way too much compostables into the bowels of the earth. The statistics raise our awareness of how much. As individuals we must each take that awareness to the next level and make our own decisions on how to have an effect on those statistics. Bottom line, we throw way too much compostables into the bowels of the earth. The statistics raise our awareness of how much. As individuals we must each take that awareness to the next level and make our own decisions on how to have an effect on those statistics.

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/03/12/studying-waste/#comment-22315 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:59:58 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/03/12/studying-waste/#comment-22315 You're right that a higher percentage of food scraps doesn't necessarily mean they throw out more food. But in this case, I'm pretty sure they do, based on slide 8. Full-service restaurants throw out more food per employee per year and a higher percentage of that is food. You could make a case that full-service restaurants have more employees...but I'm not even sure that's true and that's getting too detailed for my liking. I've never liked the waste per employee estimates--partly for that reason--but they're pretty common. You’re right that a higher percentage of food scraps doesn’t necessarily mean they throw out more food. But in this case, I’m pretty sure they do, based on slide 8. Full-service restaurants throw out more food per employee per year and a higher percentage of that is food.

You could make a case that full-service restaurants have more employees…but I’m not even sure that’s true and that’s getting too detailed for my liking. I’ve never liked the waste per employee estimates–partly for that reason–but they’re pretty common.

]]> by: Rosa http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/03/12/studying-waste/#comment-22313 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:16:37 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/03/12/studying-waste/#comment-22313 A restaurant with reusable plates & napkins may waste more food as a percentage of its total trash just because it throws away less other waste. Not that any of these numbers are okay. Just that the percentage doesn't necessarily mean full-service restaurants throw out more food in absolute terms. A restaurant with reusable plates & napkins may waste more food as a percentage of its total trash just because it throws away less other waste.

Not that any of these numbers are okay. Just that the percentage doesn’t necessarily mean full-service restaurants throw out more food in absolute terms.

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