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[-] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago

I don't care, lol. We throw out thousands of tons of food every day.

[-] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 1 points 17 hours ago

We throw out thousands of tons of food every day.

which btw is good. imagine the opposite: if we threw away no food, that means that we consume about 100% of our food. now, if any environmental disaster hits (think of hurricanes, wildfires, etc.) then the amount of food produced will take a bump by maybe 10% in that year, ok? so now we produce 90% of the food we need ... disaster.

a positive excess in production capability is the only thing to prevent shortages when risk inevitably happens.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

but, what if instead of lowering the amount of food production to match what you said, we just outlaw throwing still good food out, and instead enforce a donation style regulation where leftover food that is still safe to eat must be donated or given, not wasted.

Like I used to watch the dunkin employee at the store I used to work at throw away dozens of perfectly fine doughnuts daily, or the bagels that wern't used. It's so wasteful for something that could have easily just been set outside as a "free for the taking" and then anything that wasn't taken can then be tossed the next morning.

No establishment does it because they know it would likely lower their customers, cause they would just wait for closing. but at least then its not wasting it all.

[-] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Lmfao. Literal capitalist brain at work. We have to let people starve so that people don't starve when we have an emergency, lmao.

Good job, little buddy!

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