<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Analise:
When I think about real waste, I can only think of cruise ships. I watched a program on cruise ships on TLC a few nights ago and they went into detail about the thousands and thousands of pounds of fruit, bread, chicken, eggs, paper products, etc which go on each ship before each trip. I just kept pondering about the amount of waste each of these city-like vessels creates on each cruise. I wonder if they make any effort to give away excess food supplies to shelters or organizations which cater to the needs of the poor. Sorry I've gone out on a tangent, but this thread got me re-thinking about it.</font>
I think there is much less waste of foodl on a cruise ship then you would think. Wednesday night the dining room may be serving prime rib, the next day beef stew at the buffet, then beef something soup the next day. I think anything they don't serve just keeps getting used and used until it's all gone, that very little of it goes to waste. Once the fruit starts looking a bit tattered (not saying it's spoiled, just looking a bit old) it gets cooked into the tarts and other desserts. If you are at the end of a two week cruise where they don't add fruit at every port (asy on the last few days of the southbound in Alaska) you will notice the more easily ruined vegetables and fruits aren't available anymore, but all of a sudden the buffet will be full of Banana Cream Pies.