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kentauros

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12. I "think" one reason this isn't done in the US

Tue May 26, 2015, 06:44 PM

May 2015

is because the liability insurance policies of groceries (and restaurants) forbid them from giving away food or broken items. I don't know that for sure, but do know from working retail that any broken items we had returned by customers, or items broken in shipment (such as stemware), had to be further destroyed so that no one could get them out of the dumpster, hurt themselves with said item, and then sue. We often took damaged items home anyway, but I never did get to have any of that fine stemware. If one in a set of four was broken, we had to break the rest of them

Hopefully, a law like the one in France would supersede such insane policies.

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The Man Behind France's New Food Waste Law Wants to Make it Global [View all] LongTomH May 2015 OP

A damned good idea. nt hifiguy May 2015 #1

We all need to be thinking like this BrotherIvan May 2015 #2

I "think" one reason this isn't done in the US kentauros May 2015 #12

That is true, but there can be workarounds BrotherIvan May 2015 #13

Community gardens and farms are great! kentauros May 2015 #15

Cities need to change their laws re lawns and vegetable gardening BrotherIvan May 2015 #16

I love the "guerilla gardening" concept, too. kentauros May 2015 #17

There's so much change we can make ourselves BrotherIvan May 2015 #18

Gardening is therapeutic for so many. kentauros May 2015 #19

Absolutely BrotherIvan May 2015 #20

That's beautiful! kentauros May 2015 #21

To a person who likes to eat and to cook as much as I do BrotherIvan May 2015 #22

k&r nt bananas May 2015 #3

About a month ago MSNBC had a program on food waste and once in a while since then there have jwirr May 2015 #4

California could do this as a ballot initiative KamaAina May 2015 #5

The way to introduce laws like this in the US would be city by city...... LongTomH May 2015 #6

Good point BrotherIvan May 2015 #14

The defeat of the GMO labeling, still makes my blood boil. SoapBox May 2015 #7

I'm cool with that. NaturalHigh May 2015 #8

Under the French law, food that is truly unfit for human consumption would be composted....... LongTomH May 2015 #11

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #9

K & R !!!! Thespian2 May 2015 #10