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Interesting conflation of two articles in the Guardian: gosh we throw out an awful lot of good food along with oh gosh we are running out of food... estimating that the average household throws out £420 worth of good food each year, and bewailing that the average shopping bill has gone up by 11% since last year. And 2+2=4.

Also...local ad blasting (in sum) "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - We will be Reusing at a Kids Crafts Session, save the environment by having your kid make stuff out of junk," to which I would like to say: "reuse" means don't use disposable dishes or nappies or cups or anything else disposable, it means don't throw something out when it's still perfectly good just because it's six months old, it means buy things second-hand instead of insisting on new. It isn't just for kids, and it doesn't mean making crafts out of rubbish. In terms of early years education, yes, probably a good thing. In terms of indicating to adults that that's all there is to it, not so much.

Yes, I'm still pessimistic that we can collectively avoid drowning in our own filth. Sorry for the downbeat tone. Normal service will be resumed shortly.