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  To Go Green, Bars Try To Reuse Their Booze Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-13 20:14 -0600
    Re: To Go Green, Bars Try To Reuse Their Booze jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-14 03:22 +0000
    Re: To Go Green, Bars Try To Reuse Their Booze "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 13:07 -0800

#538962 — To Go Green, Bars Try To Reuse Their Booze

To Go Green, Bars Try To Reuse Their Booze
> http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/11/459211509/to-go-green-bars-try-to-reuse-their-booze


> You probably don't waste a whole lot of wine or booze in your own
> home. But bars and restaurants throw out alcohol all the time.
>
> The booze, wine and beer left behind in customers' drinks have to be
> discarded per food safety law, of course.
>
> But what about the wine bottles designated for serving by the glass?
> Those dregs often go right down the drain.
>
> Just as the restaurant industry has been waking up to its significant
> contribution to the food waste problem — and coming up with creative
> solutions — bartenders are realizing they can also turn some of their
> waste into something useful. It's just one dimension of the new
> sustainability movement in the drinking industry that's seeking ways
> to reduce water use, packaging waste and energy.



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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> To Go Green, Bars Try To Reuse Their Booze
>> http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/11/459211509/to-go-green-bars-try-to-reuse-their-booze
> 
> 
>> You probably don't waste a whole lot of wine or booze in your own
>> home. But bars and restaurants throw out alcohol all the time.
>>
>> The booze, wine and beer left behind in customers' drinks have to be
>> discarded per food safety law, of course.
>>
>> But what about the wine bottles designated for serving by the glass?
>> Those dregs often go right down the drain.

And well they should as no one knows what has happened to those bottles.

>> Just as the restaurant industry has been waking up to its significant
>> contribution to the food waste problem ? and coming up with creative
>> solutions ? bartenders are realizing they can also turn some of their
>> waste into something useful. It's just one dimension of the new
>> sustainability movement in the drinking industry that's seeking ways
>> to reduce water use, packaging waste and energy.
 
Nope, it is an attempt to squeeze the last penny out.

If the food laws would allow it, they would dump the uneaten frys back
in the fryer for the next guy.

-- 
Jim Pennino

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#539168

On Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 6:14:18 PM UTC-8, Sam Wormley wrote:
> To Go Green, Bars Try To Reuse Their Booze
> > http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/11/459211509/to-go-green-bars-try-to-reuse-their-booze
> 
> 
> > You probably don't waste a whole lot of wine or booze in your own
> > home. But bars and restaurants throw out alcohol all the time.
> >
> > The booze, wine and beer left behind in customers' drinks have to be
> > discarded per food safety law, of course.
> >
> > But what about the wine bottles designated for serving by the glass?
> > Those dregs often go right down the drain.
> >
> > Just as the restaurant industry has been waking up to its significant
> > contribution to the food waste problem -- and coming up with creative
> > solutions -- bartenders are realizing they can also turn some of their
> > waste into something useful. It's just one dimension of the new
> > sustainability movement in the drinking industry that's seeking ways
> > to reduce water use, packaging waste and energy.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
> community, and physics-related social issues.

I drink Bud at clean bars,not green bars. I take home Chinese rather then there throwing my left overs back into the pot.TreBert

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