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.
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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.
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Bon Appetit with a press release highlighting their food waste reduction. Not just from trayless, but also within the kitchens. On the trayless topic, though, I hadn’t heard this nugget:
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education predicts that most of the nation’s 4,000 colleges and universities will institute trayless dining within the next five years.
Well…that would be nice!
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Here’s a nice piece by Pete Wells that incorporates cooking, thrift, the economy and, of course, waste. I could relate to pretty much everything in the essay, except the eye-popping New York City numbers. Not sure which is worse–the $14 gallon of milk or the $35 whole chicken.
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The AP story on San Francisco’s mandatory recycling provided this useful context:
Many cities, including Pittsburgh and San Diego, require residents to recycle yard waste but not food scraps. Seattle requires households to put scraps in the compost bin or have a composting system, but those who don’t comply aren’t fined.
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In the clever headlines department, here’s a beaut from The Times (of London): “Best befores are past their sell-by date.”
Dang–I wish I’d thought of that one!
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2 responses to “Friday Buffet”
I found the Wells article dull and the people uninteresting. I was surprised at the strength of my reaction. Familiar as I am with NYC prices I still felt they were being self-indulgent about farmers’ market purchases. I was close to gone when they threw out a $35 chicken when all they had to do was freeze the whole thing till they were ready to deal with it. Then he totally lost me when he talked about tossing chicken stock because he forgot to freeze or boil it. Forget to freeze? How hard is it to put it in the freezer when it cools down?!
I didn’t see a whole lot of thrift in that article, either.
You’re right about the freezer part. Forgetting to freeze is kinda weak. But we’ve all made one of those mistakes somewhere along the line. I was just surprised to see such a well-known food writer talk about waste. But yeah, plenty of room for improvement.