It’s so gross and hypocritical to frame food waste as a personal failing. Like, people are dying of hunger because someone forgot some leftovers at the back of their fridge and ended up throwing them away. Major chain grocery stores throw away millions of pounds of food because it’s “too much work” to donate it, and then poison it and destroy it when they throw it away to punish dumpster diving.
Waste is not a personal failing. It’s engineered by corporations, and they profit off of obscuring that.
Much like water waste – shaming a dripping bathroom faucet for wasting water, while hundreds of gallons get wasted in industrial settings.
Always be suspicious of micro-focused framing of environmental issues, when there’s the possibility of macro-level issues hiding behind them.
Support groups like Food Not Bombs if you want to help in reducing corporate waste. They get big chains to donate expiring food instead of binning it and offer free hot meals to anyone in need made from it. A lot of stores won’t donate because they are scared of legal backlash if someone gets sick. Food Not Bombs provides legal waivers so the store can feel safe donating the food. You can print the forms yourself and talk to local stores if there isn’t already a chapter near you.
The FNB chapter in my city are really nice (and work in coalition with the IWW to provide free food for people in our city)
Thoughts From The Peacock Angel 