Friday Buffet

California, not content with having achieved the goal set in 1989 of recycling 50 percent of its waste stream, just passed a bill requiring the state to keep 75 percent of its trash out of the landfill. Way to set the bar high, Cali!

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The Occupy Wall Street gang gets plenty of donated food. But their supporters also include “people that know where the good Dumpsters are.”

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Leave No Leftover Behind. Love, love, love it.

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It’s neat that someone calculated that restaurants in greater Taipei (in Taiwan) squander $60 million per year in food waste. But also–that’s not cool.

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Finally, here are some ideas on how you can help your supermarket stop wasting food.