When a plastic bottle gets recycled there is no message on the bottle the recycling plant. If it is placed in the trash then it more than likely goes to stay in a landfill rather than sent to a recycling plant. As thirty perecent of food gets tossed also means that 100% of the packagingContinue reading “Technology, food waste, and wasted food”
Category Archives: Protecting the Environment
Potato Chips could benefit from being in resealable and recyclable bags
When we eat potato chips, it is out of hunger and an impulse. We eat them unconsciously and to satisfy hunger because they taste good. They come in gazillion flavors like mac n cheese, to lime, to sour cream and onion and a gazillion more. But the one thing most have in common is thatContinue reading “Potato Chips could benefit from being in resealable and recyclable bags”
General Mills cereal brands ‘go for the bold’ with a new look for family size
I could not help notice when walking toward the cereal aisle and see General Mills cereal brand packaging sold in a layer of plastic enclosing two cereal boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios, Lucky Charms, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. My impression is that this packaging of two cereal boxes should be sold in Sam’s Club butContinue reading “General Mills cereal brands ‘go for the bold’ with a new look for family size”
From moldy bread to electricity: How Kroger improved their bottom line and the environment
Supermarkets have damaged products. Broken eggs and expired yogurt I would say top the list. Some companies are addressing waste head on. In Jay Samit’s book Disrupt You, a fantastic read, he mentions how Kroger Foods chose to address food that went to waste and was damaged and not edible. Kroger saw an opportunity. RatherContinue reading “From moldy bread to electricity: How Kroger improved their bottom line and the environment”
Grocer On a Mission 