Posts tagged with food waste

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By Steve
Posted January 31, 2013

Just The 2 Carrots Please Waitrose

2 loose carrots

Dear Little Waitrose, High Holborn, London. I would like to make a request and I hope you can oblige because I believe it is in the interest of you, your customers and just about everyone…

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By Steve
Posted January 11, 2013

As Much As Half of the World’s Food Goes to Waste

food waste

Roughly two billion tonnes of food is wasted every year according to a report from the UK’s institution of Mechanical of Engineers (IMechE). Amongst the key factors cited as contributing to the figure are poor…

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By Steve
Posted October 18, 2012

Feeding The World – Future Foods & Efficiencies

future foods

As Band Aid rightly said, we need to Feed The World but as our climate changes and populations grow, how easy will it be to sufficiently feed everybody? We don’t even do a very good…

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By Steve
Posted August 2, 2012

Wormery Episode 5: The Worms Strike Back

new worms in my wormery

Duh duh duh, duh duhduh, duh duhduh! Ok so it’s not quite Darth Vader striding along to the Imperial March from Star Wars but yes, it’s true, the worms are back and they are ready…

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By Steve
Posted July 4, 2012

Ethical Dilemmas From The Reduced Aisle

Reduced Sticker

This is going to be quite a short post based upon my thoughts when I recently visited my local Tesco store. I was doing my shopping as usual but when I came to the reduced…

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By Steve
Posted April 3, 2012

The Worms Are Dead – Long Live The Worms

worms

If you’ve been following my journey for any length of time, you’ll know that back at the end of January I bought myself a wormery in which I have been putting much of my organic…

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By Steve
Posted January 26, 2012

Green Steve’s Got Worms

worms

No, not the serious medical condition but as I said I’d do in my 2012 green New Year’s resolutions, I have bought myself a wormery so that I can cut down on the amount of…

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By Steve
Posted December 22, 2011

Weighing Up Christmas’ Green Credentials

Christmas' Green Credentials

So the big day is almost upon us and as usual there are plenty of people running around like headless chickens trying to pick up the last few presents but does Christmas have a positive…

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By Steve
Posted November 23, 2011

Supermarket Sustainability – How Do They Score?

Supermarket Sustainability

I thought I’d create a new section to this blog to highlight some of the good work being done by companies in the UK and around the world to reduce their carbon footprints and thus…

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By Steve
Posted October 25, 2011

Be a Waste Conscious Supermarket Shopper

Waste Conscious Shopper

In the past when I have gone into my local supermarket to restock my fridge and cupboards, I have to admit that the waste I was generating as a consumer was not the first thing…

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