Friday, December 28, 2007

What Story Keeps Making The Rounds?

As I was searching the web I found a particular story that has 'done the rounds' of the media once again in recent days. This is a news item that has cropped up in major media once or twice a year in the last half decade (a quick search of the web reveals). What is the story?

The one about how much food we manage to waste in our arguably overly well-blessed society.

It appears that in the UK, they are currently throwing out over 30 percent of the food bought every week. In other words so much food is bought, nearly one third of it actually goes past its 'best before' date before anyone gets around to eating it. One reason for this is....

To find out why read the full article here