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Mirshe@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAlso, some companies still put inedible chemicals like bleach or ammonia on their food trash to make it completely useless “as a legal measure” because otherwise homeless people who eat expired food might sue (according to the bean counters).
untorquer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This seems like a big liability. If they lock the dumpster or show other reasonable means of preventing scavengers then at best it’s a deterrent and at worst intentionally poisoning people entrapped by the legal hurdle of vandalism.
IDK, seems like one of those things where there’s a kernel of truth but also possibly in-group rage bait.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
When I worked at a supermarket we did it to vegetables and meat, but I was told it was just to reduce the amount of maggots and flies that develop while we wait for trash day.
untorquer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I guess that’s at least a less hateful reason. Still weird and harmful imo
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah we left the bread and some other stuff out in boxes near the dumpster on trash day. So the hungry at least got that.
I would be hesitant to gift any of the meat to anyone by the time it gets tossed anyway. The vegetables were a shame though…