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The war on food waste is a waste of time
The carbon footprint of US food waste is bigger than the airline industry’s (source), and more than a third of that food waste is produced in our homes. We are poor inventory managers when we do groceries in bulk: we ambitiously buy ingredients that we don’t cook, fruits start to mold by mid-week, forgotten purchases zombie in the freezer for a... See more
Stuti Pandey • The Modern Milk Man Sits in the Dark: Demanding More From On-Demand Delivery
Pop told me how our county has a huge problem with people using leaf blowers and collecting leaves. This common practice causes 3 issues:
Dry leaves and cuttings comprise 20% or so of the municipal solid waste in our county. That means that 20or so % trucks are dedicated to hauling this organic material to the landfills.
In landfills, these organic
Still others argue that the circular-economy idea merely reframes rather than rejects the corporate and capitalist assumptions that got us into this mess in the first place. Instead of challenging the goal of growth, circular economies create a new form of growth that is still in the hands of industrial corporations. The accusation is that the... See more