We are so wasteful

[Dana]

I'm watching Bizarre Foods San Francisco and these ladies are dumpster diving for perfectly good fruits and vegetables that stores just throw out when they get new shipments. WTF? And we wonder why we have starving people in this country... These ladies are part of a group called Fruit Not Bombs. Sadly I'm guilty of throwing out food that I should have eaten.

[Joe the meek]

"People had more than they needed. We had no idea what was precious and what wasn't. We threw away things people kill each other for now."

A favorite quote from a movie I kind of liked.

[Dana]

What's appalling is I never knew cities had ordinances which made it illegal to pass out free food.

[AstriaPorta]

It is not only stores but people in homes
most of the time i don't throw anything am good with this

i see a lot of people throw veggies out a lot, because are not very fresh, and will not use them anytime soon
you can cook them make a day and make few meals put on the dip fridge
or a lot of veggies can chop them put on bags and froze them and use them on meals
tomatoes easy if very ripe and not good for salad just chop or blend them put again in the fridge make a nice sause for pasta or other
fruits i never buy a lot it is not that am in the isolated area and need to get in bulk.. only fruits that last a lot i get more the rest i count them

and what another is a lot of people dont eat left overs the next day more food for the bin

[Aeval]

It is not only stores but people in homes
most of the time i don't throw anything am good with this

i see a lot of people throw veggies out a lot, because are not very fresh, and will not use them anytime soon
you can cook them make a day and make few meals put on the dip fridge
or a lot of veggies can chop them put on bags and froze them and use them on meals
tomatoes easy if very ripe and not good for salad just chop or blend them put again in the fridge make a nice sause for pasta or other
fruits i never buy a lot it is not that am in the isolated area and need to get in bulk.. only fruits that last a lot i get more the rest i count them

and what another is a lot of people dont eat left overs the next day more food for the bin

This is great advice. We were terrible when we first got together for buying far more groceries than we needed and it got to a point we were tossing out more than we were eating.

I cringe now when I don't fully use something, I hate waste.

[HK]

This is why I buy a lot of frozen veg. With there only being two of us, there's too much danger of food not getting eaten and going off. We used to buy fresh, especially things like broccoli for example, but the frozen tastes just as good to me and we don't have to worry about it sitting in the fridge going brown if our plans for the day change.


I hardly throw anything edible away now.

[The Man]

A very wasteful society.
Next day after a party...partial cans of beer everywhere.
Go to a fast food joint...people dont eat their little packets of ketchup and they make it to the landfill.
Now a dog is efficient he will eat poop and show no shame while doing such

[Johnfromokc]

A very wasteful society.
Next day after a party...partial cans of beer everywhere.

Alcohol abuse!!!

[pjbleek]

I'm watching Bizarre Foods San Francisco and these ladies are dumpster diving for perfectly good fruits and vegetables that stores just throw out when they get new shipments. WTF? And we wonder why we have starving people in this country... These ladies are part of a group called Fruit Not Bombs. Sadly I'm guilty of throwing out food that I should have eaten.

What's appalling is I never knew cities had ordinances which made it illegal to pass out free food.

so, do something about it!!!!!!