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41. A lot does not go to landfills but goes instead to livestock or composting facilities.

Reply to wercal (Reply #11)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 06:17 PM

Sep 2013

It's a sin to send it to landfills, IMO.

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Food waste: People misread 'use by' label; 40% of U.S. food is tossed [View all] Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 OP

If its chicken or milk, it gets thrown out after that date wercal Sep 2013 #1

Looking at my garbage when I haul 'em out weekly.. Koko Ware Sep 2013 #2

We sometimes throw fruit out wercal Sep 2013 #7

I peel and freeze over-ripened bananas for use in making Laurian Sep 2013 #9

Thanks for the tip. wercal Sep 2013 #12

Also for smoothies or non-dairy "ice-cream". cui bono Sep 2013 #18

Frozen bananas are great for smoothies. Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #40

Thanks for that. Bananas go over ripe too quickley, but........... wandy Sep 2013 #51

i freeze them also Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #61

I try to plan to use most of the things you're throwing out csziggy Sep 2013 #22

I second the comment about freezing bananas tabbycat31 Sep 2013 #25

We stopped throwing out fruit malaise Sep 2013 #66

Fast food and regular restaurants, schools, hospitals, and all the retail and wholesale outlets. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #4

I thought about fast food...and even edited my post with something about it... wercal Sep 2013 #11

A lot does not go to landfills but goes instead to livestock or composting facilities. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #41

In my experience Sgent Sep 2013 #37

True but don't forget what diners fail to eat, unfinished meals. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #39

That makes more sense Sgent Sep 2013 #43

The 40% figure includes estimates from farm to table as well as consumer loss. Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #45

Probably from a recent UN report. Wilms Sep 2013 #8

funny thing about milk hfojvt Sep 2013 #13

When I smell the milk and it smells like it is going sour, RebelOne Sep 2013 #16

Milk can be frozen. Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #47

my grandmother hfojvt Sep 2013 #48

I usually add some water to (whole) milk when I give it to the dogs DJ13 Sep 2013 #26

I drink skim milk hfojvt Sep 2013 #29

growing up i thought skim milk was GROSS. years later, i switched to it and didn't have dionysus Sep 2013 #32

I think they got better at making it hfojvt Sep 2013 #46

you can tell if milk is bad d_r Sep 2013 #33

Yes, you can tell immediately when it is going sour by smelling it. RebelOne Sep 2013 #44

I learned from my mother to pour it in a cup of hot water. Heywood J Sep 2013 #64

Eh, I'll continue to toss stuff out that's past it's sell by/use by dates. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #3

ironic timing hfojvt Sep 2013 #5

Yup. As long as you smell the food and it doesn't smell bad, chances are it is still good quinnox Sep 2013 #6

many times those labels are barely legible ZRT2209 Sep 2013 #10

I drink milk like 3 days after the use by date hollysmom Sep 2013 #14

I toss that are a couple of months old. RebelOne Sep 2013 #20

I cut the mold off the cheese and keep going! d_r Sep 2013 #34

I do the same. I don't eat much bread and sometimes it molds. RebelOne Sep 2013 #42

OMG - my friends give me such a hard time if I do this, I finally freeze most of the bread and take hollysmom Sep 2013 #63

Preparing us for when we must consume inferior products "that are actually fine." WinkyDink Sep 2013 #15

Or teaching us not to waste products "that are actually fine." LanternWaste Sep 2013 #38

Except "not to waste" is antithetical to the consumerist society in which we live. WinkyDink Sep 2013 #54

I'm always buying "outdated" food! I buy the majority of our meats at the clearance meat bins BoWanZi Sep 2013 #17

I do the same Freddie Sep 2013 #27

me too d_r Sep 2013 #35

They need to put a Dispose Of Date on food that tells when it will be bad NightWatcher Sep 2013 #19

I wonder if that's not by design. A marketing ploy so that Laurian Sep 2013 #21

I shop daily Link Speed Sep 2013 #23

Unless it stinks, has a fur coat, or talks back to me, I will usually eat it. Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #24

Yep jberryhill Sep 2013 #28

The eggs I get don't have a "use by" date REP Sep 2013 #31

Your brave with the eggs azurnoir Sep 2013 #50

I have chickens. Nothing goes to waste. REP Sep 2013 #30

What kind of skunks are they, wild ones? darkangel218 Sep 2013 #36

I don't trust canned foods anymore...(BPA can-liners) SoCalDem Sep 2013 #57

Well ... in an emergency, my fertility will be the last of my concerns! REP Sep 2013 #60

The same apparently is true of medicines. subterranean Sep 2013 #49

organic milk irisblue Sep 2013 #52

I have beat my head against the wall at work. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #53

k and r snagglepuss Sep 2013 #55

No food gets wasted at my house any more... my chickens eat any left-overs they like from the JCMach1 Sep 2013 #56

I pretty much never throw out food unless it stinks or looks off.. RedCappedBandit Sep 2013 #58

I think it's because fewer people know how to handle real food Retrograde Sep 2013 #59

I eat expired foods all of the time. nobodyspecial Sep 2013 #62

This assumes the food has a human-readable date. Heywood J Sep 2013 #65

I believe that translates to "F**k you, I ate four." Orrex Sep 2013 #67

We can't afford to throw out food at my house. ladyVet Sep 2013 #68