Seattle Passes Laws to Keep Residents From Wasting Food

Breitbart ^ | 09/24/14

[Enlightened1]

The City of Seattle just passed a new trash ordinance that would fine residents and businesses for throwing away too much food.

[roamer_1]

Composting is going to be regulated soon. I can’t wait to read the 570 pages to comply with the new law.

*shakes head* So you are in Seattle? Go east, or north... The closer you get to the mountains, the more sanity will return : )

Everything's still just the way God left it out here in flyover country...

[Fresh Wind]

Remember the “Green Police” Audi Superbowl ad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml54UuAoLSo

[FlingWingFlyer]

So, which one of these lunatic politicians will be going through people’s garbage to check? I thought once you put your garbage on the curb, it is no longer yours and free game to anyone.

[Professional Engineer]

The chocolate ration will definitely NOT be increased.

Whaddayamean? It's 37grams per week. Up from 45grams per week allowed last year.

[mrsmith]

the headline is dishonest.
Seattle provides a ‘food and yard’ waste bin.
The fine is for not putting the waste food in that bin.

[VanShuyten]

Pike’s Place Market is going to be stuck. Most people don’t eat fish heads and guts, but many in the International District do. Is it garbage if a white throws away a fish head, but a crime if an Asian does that?

I’m not so fond of beet greens, sweetbreads or shrimp heads. Does that make me a criminal if I toss them?

[RetiredTexasVet]

I can remember as a child that my parents would say, “eat those soggy boiled carrots, kids in China would love to have them”.

Solution, box all the uneaten food (including discarded Moo School Lunch Meals) and send them to China or other EU third world country.

[Rodamala]

Seattle deserves Seattle.

California deserves Seattle... and Portland... oh, what the heck, throw in Austin too.

[Secret Agent Man]

fines are never because government cares about you.

always revenue generation. always.

[Secret Agent Man]

it was already increased, remember?

not remembering is a sign of mental illness. room 101.

[Gator113]

I live on my mountain located on the Olympic Peninsula. Seattle is about a 2.5 hour trip for me. I do my best at staying the heck out of Seattle.

We consider Seattle to be San Francisco-North.

[i_robot73]

Just video the trash findings after their next ‘meet-and-greet’ (aka fund-raising) and broadcast the hypocrisy.

Course, long before then, if it even was hinted as passing, I’d be dropping my trash off at the Council steps

[Don Corleone]

not remembering is a sign of mental illness. room 101

Not me, not me, take Julia, take Julia!!!

[Rodamala]

Solution, box all the uneaten food (including discarded Moo School Lunch Meals) and send them to China or other EU third world country.

Nah! Chinese children can eat Soylent Green... Feed the food scraps here to hogs and turn it all into pork chops, pork butts, hams, pork tenderloin, ribs, BACON, scrapple, sausage, hotdogs, cracklins, headcheese and BACON... Oh, did I mention BACON?

[Secret Agent Man]

:-)

[TigersEye]

Throw the excess rotten food at council members.

[KarlInOhio]

You won't find a plumber anywhere who thinks a garbage disposal is a good idea.

At $100+ to snake out a pipe, I'd be surprised if they didn't just love them.

Can I just toss the excess food in the street for raccoons, crows and even bears?

[BobL]

The schools will be paying some BIG-TIME FINES, at least the ones that listen to Michelle...

[Veggie Todd]

They need to take all their food scraps and dump them on the city hall steps.

[tomkat]

Come up with a foo-foo name for that stuff, stick a $25/lb price tag on it, and all the metrosissies & sissiettes wil line up around the block for it.   d:^)