UhBell@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoShout out to the oil, meat, and shipping industrieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up12.72Karrow-down176
arrow-up12.65Karrow-down1imageShout out to the oil, meat, and shipping industrieslemmy.worldUhBell@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square197fedilink
minus-squaredarkseer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoBut we are. According to the USDA, food waste makes up 22% of the food industries 26% CO2 emissions. And don’t forget the diseases food waste produces.
minus-squareUhBell@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 year agoThat food waste is largely due to arbitrary date labels and grocery stores throwing out literal tons of perfectly good food instead of donating it.
minus-squaredesconectado@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd believe it or not, part of this is because people don’t like to pick up the weird looking tomato, or the banana with a few peckles.
minus-squaredarkseer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAccording to the USDA, again, the majority of food waste is at the household level.
minus-squareUhBell@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoCircling back to the arbitrary date labels
minus-squareTonloc@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow can we sell more without an expiration date?!!! We need to please the profits and shorten expiration dates!
But we are. According to the USDA, food waste makes up 22% of the food industries 26% CO2 emissions. And don’t forget the diseases food waste produces.
That food waste is largely due to arbitrary date labels and grocery stores throwing out literal tons of perfectly good food instead of donating it.
And believe it or not, part of this is because people don’t like to pick up the weird looking tomato, or the banana with a few peckles.
According to the USDA, again, the majority of food waste is at the household level.
Circling back to the arbitrary date labels
How can we sell more without an expiration date?!!! We need to please the profits and shorten expiration dates!