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===The economics favor this wasteful practice because:=== | ===The economics favor this wasteful practice because:=== | ||
* Goods are sold for a much higher price than their raw ingredients. | * Goods are sold for a much higher price than their raw ingredients. | ||
** Sales make big revenue, but wasted goods make ''small'' losses - small in terms of money. For {{ | ** Sales make big revenue, but wasted goods make ''small'' losses - small in terms of money. For{{alt|the environment|humanity overall}}, food waste is [[food waste|major loss]]. | ||
*** The business would rather risk wasting food than selling out. | *** The business would rather risk wasting food than selling out. | ||
**** In some jurisdictions, there are even ''fines'' for businesses that sell out. | **** In some jurisdictions, there are even ''fines'' for businesses that sell out. | ||
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====Kind explanation==== | ====Kind explanation==== | ||
Some business owners do, but: | Some business owners do, but: | ||
* Some {{ | * Some{{alt|homeless shelters|food banks}}might reject the baked goods, because they already receive too many, and because baked goods are mostly empty calories. For some people in poverty, the harder struggle is finding good [[nutrition]]. | ||
* The sheer volume of all leftovers might be more than all the local poor & homeless people can eat. | * The sheer volume of all leftovers might be more than all the local poor & homeless people can eat. | ||
** Evidenced by: for example: 1% of the population is homeless but 50% of all food goes to waste. | ** Evidenced by: for example: 1% of the population is homeless but 50% of all food goes to waste. | ||
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===Solutions=== | ===Solutions=== | ||
{{minor|In this case, personal changes would probably have the biggest effect.}} | <!-- {{minor|In this case, personal changes would probably have the biggest effect.}} --> | ||
====Personal changes==== | ====Personal changes==== | ||
* As consumers, we should ask bakeries to sell their leftovers (discounted), and we should buy them as often as we buy fresh. | * As consumers, we should ask bakeries to sell their leftovers (discounted), and we should buy them as often as we buy fresh. | ||
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* '''Project:''' Convert leftovers into meal-replacement bars for international [[food aid]]. {{npn}} | * '''Project:''' Convert leftovers into meal-replacement bars for international [[food aid]]. {{npn}} | ||
* {{light|(''undecided'')}} | * {{light|(''undecided'')}} | ||
** Make businesses pay to have their trash removed. | ** Make businesses pay {{light|(by weight)}} to have their trash removed. | ||
*** <small style="color:#777">This could discourage food waste {{x|well, to some extent, at least}} without making it outright illegal.</small> | |||
*** <small style="color:#777">For people / residential, trash removal could still remain free (publicly funded).</small> | *** <small style="color:#777">For people / residential, trash removal could still remain free (publicly funded).</small> | ||
*** <small style="color:#777">This is already implemented in some jurisdictions.</small> | *** <small style="color:#777">This is already implemented in some jurisdictions.</small> | ||