article-1204525-026C175C00000578-95 468x352According to The Daily Mail;

Tesco is sending 5,000 tons of leftover a year to be burned to generate electricity for homes, it emerged yesterday.
The supermarket disposes of enough that has passed its sell-by date to power 600 homes for a year through the National Grid.

Other major supermarkets plan to follow suit. But rights campaigners yesterday said many homeowners would be ‘horrified’ to learn that their electricity was generated by the ‘macabre’ scheme.

Tesco has hailed the scheme as part of a ‘’ drive which had enabled it to stop sending any of the waste it produces to environmentally damaging landfill sites.

You know, I read this article and wasn’t really sure what to think. On one hand, where would this go otherwise? Would it just be burried or worse — incinerated with no purpose but to destroy it? What a waste, both of the ’s live and of fuel. I think that’s where I might stand on the issue — why not? It’s just going to go to waste otherwise. But I think there’s also a bigger issue to consider here: why are there 5,000 tons of leftover every year? As an ex-butcher, I can tell you that that’s a significant amount. Maybe they should be cutting back on production and trying to pinpoint demand a bit better.

But I think, overall, that using the excess as fuel – while a bit macabre indeed – isn’t a terrible use for it. But maybe I’m missing something? Do let me know in the , I’d love to hear from you.

For the rest of the article, check out The Daily Mail (UK).

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