Recycling from Past Inspirations
November 26th 2008 10:51
My Gran'ma
VERY rarely did I see Gran'ma throw food out. Even leftover bread rolls were kept and heated the next day in the oven to freshen up. Any family dinners that had leftovers she would put in empty butter containers or ice cream containers and send home with either of my brothers, parents or myself.
Even water, it never went down the sink unnecessarily if it could go on the garden. Old tea leaves were fodder for rose bushes.
A recent article in Lismore's The Northern Star is quoted as saying that today Australians are throwing out about three million tonnes of food every year, the equivalent to 145kg per person or $6 billion worth of food.
Jon Dee, founder of Planet Ark is quoted as saying "When food waste rots in landfill it produces methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more potent than the CO2 pouring out of your car's exhaust."
Amazing the forethought that many of our grandparents had for the planet in their day. Although the motivation was possibly hidden behind the scarcity of food and money during the Depression and war years.
With the high possiblity of recession ringing in our modern ears, now may be the time to create new dishes from leftovers, heat up stale crackers in our ovens and compost all our vegetable and fruit scraps.
Our grandparents may have left us a legacy bigger than we realise. Thank you Gran'ma.
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