WHY BREAD BECOMES LANDFILL

We live in a society of quite unbelievable waste, but when people try to change that it is far more difficult than one would expect. Fremantle chef Mark Woodcock , who nominated for City Ward at the last council election, got annoyed that a bakery he works next to throws out so much bread each day and suggested they could donate it. They were happy to do so if Mark could find anyone willing to take it, but all his calls to local charities and schools have been without success and no one is interested in receiving free bread.

As Mark points out, a lot of work goes into making bread, it costs flour, yeast, power, gas, manpower, etc. to produce, but at the end of the day it has no longer any value to society and disappears in rubbish bins and landfill. That kind if waste is staggering and as a society we should not just take that for granted and accept  it. How can we change it? Why do bakeries produce far more than they can sell? That makes little business sense, but more importantly how can we get leftover bread to people who might not have the money to buy it? Any ideas, Freo?

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