4.19.2007

Progress, of a sort

PETER FORD, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - Deep in the belly of one of Hong Kong's largest malls, a mechanical stomach is digesting a social ill that is now catching the attention of this city's restaurateurs and environmentalists: too many leftovers. Elsewhere in the territory, restaurant owners are starting to sound like your mother. They are putting little signs on tables that threaten to fine diners who leave food on their plates. . .

In the past five years the amount of food wasted by Hong Kong's restaurants, hotels, and food manufacturers has more than doubled, according to the Environmental Protection Department.
What my grandmother used to say was, “Think of all the staving children in China.”

Link: UNDERNEWS: HONG KONG ALL YOU CAN EAT RESTAURANTS THREATEN TO CHARGE FOR LEFT FOOD

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