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Expired Food and What To Do?
Last night after my dude decided we're going to revamp our basement...I started wondering...what do people do with all their expired canned food? We have loads of it...and have come up with a new system of rotating it but we haven't a clue what one is to do with the stockpile we have...
Canned food has a shelf life which the manufacturer is supposed to put on each label...you are still able to eat this food even after expiration of up to two years, tho' in some instances flavour and colour will be lacking...and NEVER eat canned goods that are dented, or swollen in size...botulism comes on like a cold and before you know it some severe results can occur!!
My dude and I thought on this...if only there were some way we could convert the food in the cans to either bio-degradable fuel or fertilizer...but we know of no facilities who incorporate this...seriously, why isn't anyone thinking about this?? Canned goods take up a huge portion of our landfills and there is no excuse for it...the cans can be recycled so now we need to think of a viable way to recycle the goods inside...
Do any of you have any ideas on what we can do as a society to combat this problem?? Please leave your thoughts...for my dude and I are most curious to hear them!!
Good question. I hadn't given this much thought until I read your post, but I'm now contemplating...
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Just stopping by from tonight's class! I'm not too sure about what to do with the inside contents, but couldn't they be used for a compost bin? I'm pretty sure that they could since it is just leftover food.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea! That is one heck of a stock pile :) I would say if you were just starting out, to start an inventory list that you list them by expiration on. Then at a glance on a spread sheet you know what you need to use. If you have a lot of items that will expire soon and you know you can't use them all, donate them to the food bank. They will use them right away and then you won't have a lot of stuff that expires with no place to go.
ReplyDeleteYou might also contact a compost place. You may be able to empty the can contents and dump there? It likely won't be free though.
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ReplyDeleteI never really thought much about the expired food....I would really look into composting the contents, or would any of it be suitable for animal feed?
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they would know what to do with them--they might say it still might be good or perhaps a place where you can donate them.I do not know but I know that they would have answers!
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Hmm. I have no idea! If you are getting close to the expiration date and you know you are not going to eat them, donate them!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, following :) How in the world do you have so much expired food?!
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ReplyDeleteWhat about using them as animal food or compost?
Pigs will eat anything.
And if there's a health concern then use it as an all natural compost.
I was thinking the same as the others...compost. Although, it might not be fun to sit there and open each can :oP
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ReplyDeleteMy only suggestion is compost the contents recycle the cans. Now if we can only get people to do this on a large scale.
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Ya, I would have to say compost..
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I never had that much of a stockpile to even think about it! Good question . . .
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Um, donate them to an artist who makes sculptures out of weird things???
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One heck of a stock pile ya got there! I have no idea even where to begin with what to do with all that dear... very good question.
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That's a big question. I think converting to fuel is good but who knows how. It could be a good research project. I'm following back. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of stockpiled canned food. Any chance Catholic Charities could use them to get people excited about Natl. Canned Food Month? I work with their digital outreach team--your photos look great!
ReplyDeleteThough your expired food supply is (hopefully) long gone, I thought I would still comment:
ReplyDeletePour all of the food into to your compost pile before recycling the cans. Be sure to consider the following: If your food is long expired, it may be contaminated with aluminum (especially acidic foods like tomato sauce), "Although [aluminum] is generally harmless to plant growth in pH-neutral soils, the concentration in acid soils of toxic Al3+ cations increases and disturbs root growth and function."
So, use a soil testing kit to be sure your garden soil is not too acidic, and if the results come up less-than-desirable you can add a fertilizer to neutralize the pH.
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