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.
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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 food waste.
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The 2010 Vancouver Olympic folks plan to divert almost 90 percent of the Games’ waste from landfills. Now they’re just trying to figure out how to do so. But they can take heart from the news that the 2006 Turin Games produced 90 percent less organic waste than the 2002 Salt Lake Games.
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I just heard an interesting detail from Luther College’s traylessness, which began in January: They replaced trays with larger plates, to prevent some complaints and allow space to rest a bowl. I like the second part.
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Finally, here are some inspiring words from Growing Power’s Will Allen on how we change our broken agriculture system.
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Jon
Thanks for using your blog to spread the word about GrowING Power, even if the blog post you linked doesn’t speak to the incredible waste-stream management of those urban farms.
Peace and Love,
Dan
By the way, I want to see one of these Superplates, they have all kinds of pictures of trays, but none of these plates. What’s the deal?
I don’t know what the deal is with Luther’s plates, but when I first read the line about them, I envisioned a little indentation to hold the bowl so it doesn’t slide around. That would be perfect, like the cup holder on an airplane tray but a little deeper.
Wow. Popcorn got banned at my office after I burned it in the microwave one time. (No one was more bummed than me.) I wonder what happens to the person who causes a major evacuation and such great use of city resources. 50 firefighters? Seriously?
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