Some of the large grocery store spoilage is because it is not sold quick enough. This week I grabbed a had of lettuce for sandwiches, $6, so I put it back. Same every week the prices are over inflated but wages aren’t. This stuff gets tossed eventually. Have reasonable prices or controlled prices would ensure more good produce kis eaten and not discarded. Canada wastes ~ 45% of food.
People toss perfectly good furniture and electronics out because they don’t want the inconvienence of listing for free on market place or Craigslist
There was a large item waste pickup at out apartment recently, somebody put out a perfectly good desk and drawers. Looked new but had a small scratch on one panel edge ( easy to paint over or touch up )
Also thrift stores exist which are discarded belongings.
I pickup what I can at thift stores in the way of electronics and reflash firmware or reformat etc, and put it out on the market. Trouble is majority of thift stores don’t accept electronics because they don’t know the working condition, so those items go to the dump.
My local Goodwill thrift has a deal with Dell, where the stores get paid a flat fee to just recycle every computer, instead of hiring or training someone to check if they’re working for resale. And Dell gets to reduce the size of the local used computer market.
Some of the large grocery store spoilage is because it is not sold quick enough. This week I grabbed a had of lettuce for sandwiches, $6, so I put it back. Same every week the prices are over inflated but wages aren’t. This stuff gets tossed eventually. Have reasonable prices or controlled prices would ensure more good produce kis eaten and not discarded. Canada wastes ~ 45% of food.
People toss perfectly good furniture and electronics out because they don’t want the inconvienence of listing for free on market place or Craigslist
There was a large item waste pickup at out apartment recently, somebody put out a perfectly good desk and drawers. Looked new but had a small scratch on one panel edge ( easy to paint over or touch up )
Also thrift stores exist which are discarded belongings. I pickup what I can at thift stores in the way of electronics and reflash firmware or reformat etc, and put it out on the market. Trouble is majority of thift stores don’t accept electronics because they don’t know the working condition, so those items go to the dump.
My local Goodwill thrift has a deal with Dell, where the stores get paid a flat fee to just recycle every computer, instead of hiring or training someone to check if they’re working for resale. And Dell gets to reduce the size of the local used computer market.
Ugh