Comments on: From food to fuel http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/ PRESS CONSULTANT, JOURNALIST, GHOSTWRITER, POLITICAL AND PR BLOGGER. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:36:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Philipa http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132309 Philipa Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:00:11 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132309 Dragonstar - what a good idea; if elfen safety prevent people from having the food then why not feed the pigs? if they allow it. Ellee - I hope you won't mind if I mention that pigs are often fed antibiotics from birth as a preventative measure. It all goes into the food chain. This gives rise to bacteria developing immunity. All this is allowed by elfen safety. Do you think we are over-regulated in a way that is proving to be a harmful? Dragonstar – what a good idea; if elfen safety prevent people from having the food then why not feed the pigs? if they allow it.

Ellee – I hope you won’t mind if I mention that pigs are often fed antibiotics from birth as a preventative measure. It all goes into the food chain. This gives rise to bacteria developing immunity. All this is allowed by elfen safety. Do you think we are over-regulated in a way that is proving to be a harmful?

]]> By: Dragonstar http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132298 Dragonstar Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:37:56 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132298 I think all their recycling's a great idea, but I'm with you on the desperate amount of food waste. Long, long ago, when I was still a young nurse, all the waste food from the wards and dining halls was collected for local farmers to use as pigswill. Don't suppose anything like that is allowed these days. I think all their recycling’s a great idea, but I’m with you on the desperate amount of food waste.
Long, long ago, when I was still a young nurse, all the waste food from the wards and dining halls was collected for local farmers to use as pigswill. Don’t suppose anything like that is allowed these days.

]]> By: Ellee http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132283 Ellee Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:05:20 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132283 Letters from a Tory, yes I agree. Government would have been putting much more pressure on businesses in the past and not just householders, whose waste forms only a small part of the overall rubbish dumped at landfill. Letters from a Tory, yes I agree. Government would have been putting much more pressure on businesses in the past and not just householders, whose waste forms only a small part of the overall rubbish dumped at landfill.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132280 Letters From A Tory Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:49:27 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132280 I'm glad to see Sainsburys pulling their finger out and trying to make some use of their enormous waste. In Germany, supermarkets now have to recycle all the packaging materials that their customers bring back from the products that they purchase at the supermarket - which would give companies like Sainsburys another kick up the backside in the right direction. http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com I’m glad to see Sainsburys pulling their finger out and trying to make some use of their enormous waste. In Germany, supermarkets now have to recycle all the packaging materials that their customers bring back from the products that they purchase at the supermarket – which would give companies like Sainsburys another kick up the backside in the right direction.

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]]> By: jmb http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132266 jmb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:34:03 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132266 I don't think it is quite so simple Ellee. As Sally says these companies do not want to be sued and I'm afraid that smell is not good enough to tell whether something is still good enough for human consumption. We had a lot of waste food stuff in the hospital where I worked too but once it had been to the wards, even if unopened, it had to be discarded. I don’t think it is quite so simple Ellee. As Sally says these companies do not want to be sued and I’m afraid that smell is not good enough to tell whether something is still good enough for human consumption.

We had a lot of waste food stuff in the hospital where I worked too but once it had been to the wards, even if unopened, it had to be discarded.

]]> By: Jean-Luc Picard http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132193 Jean-Luc Picard Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:49:21 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132193 Food wastage is the supermarket's biggest problem, along with the packaging that can come with it. Food wastage is the supermarket’s biggest problem, along with the packaging that can come with it.

]]> By: The Curmudgeon http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132188 The Curmudgeon Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:32:55 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132188 Granted, edible food should not go to waste. But it is encouraging to see serious effort being devoted to converting garbage into energy. Anyone who's ever made compost for a garden knows that vegetable matter emits heat as it decomposes. Garbage we have -- and oil...? Well, we don't have to buy our garbage from the Middle East. I hope this idea succeeds and inspires. Granted, edible food should not go to waste. But it is encouraging to see serious effort being devoted to converting garbage into energy.

Anyone who’s ever made compost for a garden knows that vegetable matter emits heat as it decomposes.

Garbage we have — and oil…? Well, we don’t have to buy our garbage from the Middle East.

I hope this idea succeeds and inspires.

]]> By: Ellee http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132185 Ellee Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:04:30 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132185 In fact, this begs another question. Why are supermarkets over stocking on perishable food? And vast amounts too if they can use it to generate light and heating. In fact, this begs another question. Why are supermarkets over stocking on perishable food? And vast amounts too if they can use it to generate light and heating.

]]> By: Ellee http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132183 Ellee Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:02:24 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132183 Sally, I can understand left over waste food from supermarket cafes being processed for fuel, but not good food simply because it has passed a sell-by date and may still be ok to use. I always use my nose to guide me, and I'm still ok. Sally, I can understand left over waste food from supermarket cafes being processed for fuel, but not good food simply because it has passed a sell-by date and may still be ok to use. I always use my nose to guide me, and I’m still ok.

]]> By: Ellee http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-132179 Ellee Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:38:28 +0000 http://elleeseymour.com/2008/11/03/from-food-to-fuel/#comment-132179 Thanks Pip, yes, I think hungry bellies should come first, especially with the credit crunch. We had lots of food left over from my husband's 50th birthday bash and I gave it to a sheltered housing scheme across the road. I just gave it to some residents I know who live there. They were very appreciative. My father-in-law wanted to do the same and give left over food to an old people's home in his neighbourhood, but was told he couldn't because of H & S regulations. Thanks Pip, yes, I think hungry bellies should come first, especially with the credit crunch. We had lots of food left over from my husband’s 50th birthday bash and I gave it to a sheltered housing scheme across the road. I just gave it to some residents I know who live there. They were very appreciative.
My father-in-law wanted to do the same and give left over food to an old people’s home in his neighbourhood, but was told he couldn’t because of H & S regulations.

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