Food Waste (42)
serene56Myplace, New South Wales Australia543 Threads 10 Polls 27,955 PostsWhat's your country doing about it 
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Same as your country
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Mercedes_00: Same as your country
Yup 
But in terms of your indigenous heritage, are you aware of specific programs aimed at reducing food wastage or organisations that distribute food that would otherwise be wasted?
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serene56: What's your country doing about it
Removing best before dates, I want them to get rid of buy one get one free but the Brexit tabloids(The Sun)won't be happy until we're all 21 stone and shopping in Heron Foods. Not eating twice as much as you wanted could raise your shopping bill by a whopping 3p in every £1 spent, people simply couldn't afford to eat 3% less according to British patriotism. The spirit of the Blitz lives on.------ This thread is Archived ------
serene56: What's your country doing about it
In Ireland, all major Irish retailers signed up to the Government’s Food Waste Charter and agreed a common methodology for the reporting of food waste within their businesses. This is new, being a moral issue on one hand and an economic issue for retailers... but retailers are going along with it. However, the biggest problem seems to be the collection and refrigeration of that surplus.. Ireland has a good system of education regarding a green environment and recycling is part of what we do... not tops but getting there!
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serene56: Yup
But in terms of your indigenous heritage, are you aware of specific programs aimed at reducing food wastage or organisations that distribute food that would otherwise be wasted?
But in terms of your indigenous heritage, are you aware of specific programs aimed at reducing food wastage or organisations that distribute food that would otherwise be wasted?
serene56: Yup
But in terms of your indigenous heritage, are you aware of specific programs aimed at reducing food wastage or organisations that distribute food that would otherwise be wasted?
Yes I very well aware.But in terms of your indigenous heritage, are you aware of specific programs aimed at reducing food wastage or organisations that distribute food that would otherwise be wasted?
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ChesneyChrist: Removing best before dates, I want them to get rid of buy one get one free but the Brexit tabloids(The Sun)won't be happy until we're all 21 stone and shopping in Heron Foods. Not eating twice as much as you wanted could raise your shopping bill by a whopping 3p in every £1 spent, people simply couldn't afford to eat 3% less according to British patriotism. The spirit of the Blitz lives on.
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MsContessa: In Ireland, all major Irish retailers signed up to the Government’s Food Waste Charter and agreed a common methodology for the reporting of food waste within their businesses.
This is new, being a moral issue on one hand and an economic issue for retailers... but retailers are going along with it. However, the biggest problem seems to be the collection and refrigeration of that surplus.. Ireland has a good system of education regarding a green environment and recycling is part of what we do... not tops but getting there!
Yes I think we all have a way to go on this issue, but I feel this country is on the right track too This is new, being a moral issue on one hand and an economic issue for retailers... but retailers are going along with it. However, the biggest problem seems to be the collection and refrigeration of that surplus.. Ireland has a good system of education regarding a green environment and recycling is part of what we do... not tops but getting there!
We have loads of initiatives going on, from commercial organisations through to charitable ones, people caring about people
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Use by dates are guidelines only..Doesn't mean you throw the product away on that use by date.
For example meat..If I purchase meat it's from the butcher but I have friends who are butchers working for Coles/Woolworths..You can freeze meat that says it must be eaten tomorrow eat it in a months time or whatever.
My A2 milk is still fresh after four days past the use by date.
People are crazy if they throw food away because of a use by date.
For example meat..If I purchase meat it's from the butcher but I have friends who are butchers working for Coles/Woolworths..You can freeze meat that says it must be eaten tomorrow eat it in a months time or whatever.
My A2 milk is still fresh after four days past the use by date.
People are crazy if they throw food away because of a use by date.
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Mercedes_00: Use by dates are guidelines only..Doesn't mean you throw the product away on that use by date.
For example meat..If I purchase meat it's from the butcher but I have friends who are butchers working for Coles/Woolworths..You can freeze meat that says it must be eaten tomorrow eat it in a months time or whatever.
My A2 milk is still fresh after four days past the use by date.
People are crazy if they throw food away because of a use by date.
Agree For example meat..If I purchase meat it's from the butcher but I have friends who are butchers working for Coles/Woolworths..You can freeze meat that says it must be eaten tomorrow eat it in a months time or whatever.
My A2 milk is still fresh after four days past the use by date.
People are crazy if they throw food away because of a use by date.
Let alone the massive waste from supermarkets and their suppliers
For example, fruit and veg dumped because it's not 'perfect' in appearance
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Ireland has improved dramatically in the past few years. But much more still needs to be done.
It has to change on all levels. From EU insistence on the curvature of bananas
to regular people using their sense, and senses to see for themselves what is usable and what is not.
I have practically zero food waste in my house.
I don't over-buy so less chance of food going off. I freeze what i can, including leftovers.
And anything that hasn't, or couldn't be eaten by myself , dogs or wild birds, is put into my wormery and turned into compost which then feeds the veg I grow which feeds me l, and so the cycle begins again.
It has to change on all levels. From EU insistence on the curvature of bananas
to regular people using their sense, and senses to see for themselves what is usable and what is not. I have practically zero food waste in my house.
I don't over-buy so less chance of food going off. I freeze what i can, including leftovers.
And anything that hasn't, or couldn't be eaten by myself , dogs or wild birds, is put into my wormery and turned into compost which then feeds the veg I grow which feeds me l, and so the cycle begins again.
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mollybaby: Ireland has improved dramatically in the past few years. But much more still needs to be done.
It has to change on all levels. From EU insistence on the curvature of bananas to regular people using their sense, and senses to see for themselves what is usable and what is not.
I have practically zero food waste in my house.
I don't over-buy so less chance of food going off. I freeze what i can, including leftovers.
And anything that hasn't, or couldn't be eaten by myself , dogs or wild birds, is put into my wormery and turned into compost which then feeds the veg I grow which feeds me l, and so the cycle begins again.
Hats off It has to change on all levels. From EU insistence on the curvature of bananas to regular people using their sense, and senses to see for themselves what is usable and what is not.
I have practically zero food waste in my house.
I don't over-buy so less chance of food going off. I freeze what i can, including leftovers.
And anything that hasn't, or couldn't be eaten by myself , dogs or wild birds, is put into my wormery and turned into compost which then feeds the veg I grow which feeds me l, and so the cycle begins again.
Every little bit counts, responsibility is key
whether it's personal or global Next topic is single use plastic bags
this country is way behind on that front 
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I will be so annoyed when they stop plastic bags..I loath those bloody granny looking cloth bags.
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We're in the process of discontinuing supermarket single-use plastic bags right now.
The new multi-trip bags are stylish, easy to carry & hold more.
There's a lot of totally excessive plastic packaging for products as well, fresh veggies for example, that also need to be dealt with. Countdown Supermarket here has introduced new plastic trays for meat that are often twice the size that's needed... if plastic trays are really needed at all?
I'm for (plastic) shrink-wrapping of perishables such as meat etc, that need protection from human touch.
The new multi-trip bags are stylish, easy to carry & hold more.
There's a lot of totally excessive plastic packaging for products as well, fresh veggies for example, that also need to be dealt with. Countdown Supermarket here has introduced new plastic trays for meat that are often twice the size that's needed... if plastic trays are really needed at all?
I'm for (plastic) shrink-wrapping of perishables such as meat etc, that need protection from human touch.
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My country just keeps on wasting it.
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AlanStagg: We're in the process of discontinuing supermarket single-use plastic bags right now.
The new multi-trip bags are stylish, easy to carry & hold more.
There's a lot of totally excessive plastic packaging for products as well, fresh veggies for example, that also need to be dealt with. Countdown Supermarket here has introduced new plastic trays for meat that are often twice the size that's needed... if plastic trays are really needed at all?
I'm for (plastic) shrink-wrapping of perishables such as meat etc, that need protection from human touch.
Ireland became the first country in the world to bring in a plastic levy in 2002. It is all reusable bags now...! It is suggested that humans are consuming plastic in their drinking water... how awful is that?The new multi-trip bags are stylish, easy to carry & hold more.
There's a lot of totally excessive plastic packaging for products as well, fresh veggies for example, that also need to be dealt with. Countdown Supermarket here has introduced new plastic trays for meat that are often twice the size that's needed... if plastic trays are really needed at all?
I'm for (plastic) shrink-wrapping of perishables such as meat etc, that need protection from human touch.
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With half the Earth's population not always able to get enough to eat, wasting food is one of the biggest crimes I can think of. You don't have to overbuy anything at the supermarket and all the food that is over the expiration date can be distributed to homeless shelters and animal rescue houses. You also should not throw all your organic garbage in the landfill. You should compost it and try growing some of your own. Just put it in a small bin and nature will do the rest. You will then have the most delicious fruits and vegetables you ever tasted, all for little or no cost to you.
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Compost!!! Animal Feed!! BAIT!! That's what i'm doing anyways 
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quote=MsContessa]Ireland became the first country in the world to bring in a plastic levy in 2002. It is all reusable bags now...! It is suggested that humans are consuming plastic in their drinking water... how awful is that?We are consuming it in every way. It goes up through the food chain, and we are top of that food chain.
Yet we are the only ones in that food chain that 'deserve' it. The birds and fish are innocent victims.
Yet we are the only ones in that food chain that 'deserve' it. The birds and fish are innocent victims.
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Over the years supermarkets just seem to have got bigger n bigger, with more n more food selection n varieties. It follows the bigger the stock then the more waste n spoilage there will be so I think this is becoming an issue all governments will have to address sooner rather than later. I watched a t.v. programme one time about parts of Germany where rents are so high that people (even working classes) have no money left for food n depend on food banks to help them out, some on a daily basis. Of course some of the people felt ashamed to resort to the food banks but it is an invaluable service n helps reduce food waste. Capitalism is at fault not people doing whatever is necessary to survive.
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