We can see alot of people in restaurants or at home throws away lots left over foods that are still good. Why can't the restaurant for instance, segregate all the food according to the dish, put in a good plastic, and then donate it to the church or something to be given to those who can't even afford to buy food, I have heard once in a news stats that All the food that are being thrown away by people around the Globe are enough to feed all the people all over the world going hungry. Is it possible to do this or not?
2007-03-30 15:15:50 · 11 answers · asked by Acute21 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You know, that is true. Some restaurants are solid and do things like that, there's a Lebanese one down from where I work that makes sure to do so. But most will just toss things out, and it makes me sick. They say "weeeeell, it's regulations" or "we'll lose money that way." What the hell? I doubt any Italian restaurant in Connecticut would ever lose money unless it served rats. They can spare something, I believe. A few where I live do, and those are good people.
And to the gal above me, the idea of leaving well alone because it doesn't concern you doesn't exist in my culture. We have a concept that doesn't exist in American mainstream culture called gadugi, or dividing what we have to help those who don't have anything. To an old-school Cherokee, not helping is like hating the person. How people can ignore others and feel good about it is so foreign to me.
2007-03-30 15:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and what pray tel are all the people going to eat, rotten food, do you really think people want left overs from some dude that couldn't finish his hamburger. Even hungry people dont want that junk. You cant expect for people to lick their plate. Besides, America donates tons of money to feed the needy, Are we responsible for the welfare of the world, I dont think so. atleast we shouldn't be held accountable. One thing I do know is that some grocery stores give away the food that is about to go bad to shelters. Things like milk that will spoil in a couple of days, bread fruit, preserves. I think thats more worth looking into than saving table scraps.
2007-03-30 22:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by JUDAS RAGE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the time the food is on my plate it is too late to worry about how much i eat or throw away...the better question is why do we allow farmers to throw away good food and not give the surplus to the poor just to keep the price of food high. Why do we let corporations use good farmland to grow tobacco or other useless crops when there are poor people all around....because the rich minority(less than 1 percent of total pop in the world) want to stay rich, and want others to stay poor.
2007-03-30 23:58:17 · answer #3 · answered by Therapist King 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it's unhygienic for a start, and many foods spoil quite quickly. Think about how much it would cost to ship leftovers, it's very expensive. It's just not practical. People waste food because we take it for granted. We always know we can get more. I myself am guilty of this, but it's just our lifestyle. Us wasting food looks bad when you compare it to them starving, but if we do what we can to help them then our food wastage isn't so bad, like I'll donate to charities, whether I finish what's on my plate or not won't do anything for the kids in Africa.
2007-03-30 22:24:52 · answer #4 · answered by Principessa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not important to be concerned what other people do, because they are the way they are it is not your concern. Think about what you do and allow them their space in this time. If you notice something that can be changed work on that.
My great-great (there might be one more great in there) Grandparents, started the first LA Mission in Los Angeles, CA, Mr. & Ms. Billings. And I have learned so much from the day I was born, we can not and need not to change people it is us that needs to change and learn it is none of our business what others do unless it is a criminal act, or they need assistance. I tell myself when the girl next door cusses me out, I feel so crumy, its okay, its okay, ...
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2007-03-30 22:25:21 · answer #5 · answered by Firedogfire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the food will spoil. Sadly, they can't do that. You think about making an invention to help, or solve that problem.
2007-03-30 22:20:45 · answer #6 · answered by Luke H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its for health reasons/liability reasons. What if I was crazy and decided to sprinkle some coke on that cookie, knowing it was going to be donated to some poor little kid? Now he's a crack addict.
2007-03-30 22:19:56 · answer #7 · answered by Moops 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never been able to figure out the answer to this....Its even illegal where I live to give food to the homeless, that stores won't use...Makes no sense to me at all...
Something really needs to change..
2007-03-30 22:21:15 · answer #8 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Food rots, sweetie. If the customers don't eat it, it doesn't get shipped somewhere else. Grow up and put down the fairy tale book. If a restaurant gives away food and someone gets sick, it is lawsuit time.
2007-03-30 22:22:36 · answer #9 · answered by r_boiz 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There are likely health laws in your state that prevent recycling food for consumption by other people.
2007-03-30 22:19:24 · answer #10 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋