Alcohol can be made from potato skins, molasses and yeast, using fermentation. This process does not require a still. It is not as potent as distilled alcohol, nor does it taste as good, but it is simple to do. This mixture is called a wash. The maker of the alcohol may need to experiment with…
An Indonesian company is making shoe leather out of leftover chicken feet, providing fashion lovers with an ethical alternative to shoes made from exotic animal leather.
Here’s another amazing idea – recycling beer waste into food and fuel!
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/04/researchers-have-found-a-way-to-recycle-beer-waste-for-food-and-fuel/
Several breweries are already making beers and other alcoholic beverages from waste foods such as vegetables, grains, fruits, milk, and baked goods.
This pasta company is making beer from surplus pasta!
https://news.italianfood.net/2022/12/14/pasta-berruto-launches-anti-waste-beer/
You could also make beer from potato peels.
Here’s one: a #beer made using leftover bread from bakeries.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/28/new-beers-made-from-leftover-bread-marks-and-spencer-adnams
People can also share their excess food using digital apps.
The U.S. has several government and community initiatives designed to prevent food waste by, among other methods, sharing it with others.
People can also donate excess food, especially from restaurants, to the homeless.
Check out these community pantries in Geneva, where people can donate excess groceries.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/01/free-food-genevas-community-pantries-use-the-sharing-economy-to-prevent-food-waste
Food-sharing programs are one of the best ways to prevent food wastage. Plus, they help create better communities.
The mainstream fashion industry should start using food waste to create fabrics!
Check out these leather shoes that are made from chicken feet.
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3085882/leather-shoes-made-food-waste-chicken-feet-offer-fashion
What an inspiring way to reduce food waste!