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POPSSupermarkets Throwing Away 2 Million Tons Of Food A Year We visited a dozen stores over several nights last week to check what was being thrown away and discovered hundreds of pounds worth of food dumped. At a Sainsbury’s superstore next to the Dome in Greenwich, South East London – the chain’s flagship “environmentally-friendly” shop with its own wind turbines – staff said it was standard practice to throw away food before its sell-by date. And they’re not even allowed to take it home. One said: “Someone just stands there and throws it into the skip. We wish we could buy it – but we’re not allowed.” Pointing to meat on the “reduced” shelf, he added: “Come midnight, anything that hasn’t been sold will get taken off the shelf... if it’s out of date it will be logged on the computer, put against our losses, then in the skip.” Four-pint bottles of milk with nine days still to run had been thrown out, along with nine cans of cola with a date stamp of April 2009.
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POPSQueen of Garage Sales Gives Advice One year I held a garage sale nearly every day for two months -- it was insanity but for a good cause. Actually, it was a yard sale so there was much nuisance involved--especially on rainy days.
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POPSGREEN free-for-all Ottawa Sunday Sun article - May 4th. Introduction to Freeganism, Freecycle, carsharing, bagborroworsteal, bookcrossing. The article says... "There is an Ottawa group. In fact, there are almost 30 geographically dispersed local groups in the National Capital area including 25,000+ locals! Check out our regional hub - http://ottawa.FullCircles.org.
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POPS"Fogcatchers": a new source for potable water In remote Chilean villages where fresh water is often scarce and contaminated, a simple new technology -- mesh sheets strung between posts -- captures condensation from coastal fog, providing an abundant and reliable source of cheap drinking water.
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POPSMizrahi to Liz Claiborne: Bad News for Target Struggling Liz Claiborne has hired Isaac Mizrahi to run the women's division, which means he's leaving Target. Could this hurt apparel sales for the big box retailer? Certainly. WWD reports that his line does more than $300 million at retail annually. Whose Target's next star? They'll have to think fast to fill Mizrahi's shoes. Check out my story on diffusion lines: http://www.forbes.com/collecting/2006/09/08/frugal-fashion-designers-cx_ls_0911fashion.html
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POPS"Hand-Me-Down" How to's This got me thinking and wondering.... How does the "Only Child" ever learn about recycling clothing? Perhaps some kind of BB/BS network exists allowing the "only child" to link up with a Big Brother or Big Sister so they too can experience and learn the value of "hand-me-downs".
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POPS50 Frugal holiday ideas Lynnae at beingfrugal.net has posted her 50 frugal Christmas ideas. Some of these are ones my family already does together. Others are ones I want to try. A few favorites: 5. Have a family slumber party in the living room. Pull out the sleeping bags and turn on the Christmas lights. Just enjoy being together as a family. 7. See the Christmas lights. Drive around your town and look at the decked out houses. Vote on which neighborhood has the best display. 23. Attend your community tree-lighting ceremony. Many communities have them, and they are festive occasions. If you don’t mind the crowds, tree-lighting ceremonies can be a lot of fun. 26. Track Santa on NORAD. 33. Watch the Christmas specials on TV. 43. Make an Advent Calendar. You could make a simple paper calendar. Or if you’re more crafty, you could make something more complicated. There are many options. Of course, there are plenty more. Or you may come up with ideas of your own.
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