Wastefulness that you have encountered ( tax write offs etc )

[Arragonis]

Well, getting this guy to do anything seems hard enough, and the waiting lists could do with some help, so maybe....

As for the NHS, it is super great IM(NV)HO...

[Arragonis]

Here's one

BBC News - Failed fire project wasted £469m, says committee of MPs

A project to set up nine regional control centres for fire and rescue services in England was a "complete failure" and wasted £469m, MPs say.

There are 9 emergency phone centres which cost £4m a month in total every month, and all are EMPTY!

Someone on the radio this morning suggested setting fire to 8 of them. I find it hard to disagree...

[Piwoslaw]

Parliament pushes to slash food waste in Europe

The European Parliament wants to cut food waste in half, warning that fresh and packaged foods tossed out every day pose a threat to Europe’s environment and efforts to reduce global poverty.

The European Commission estimates that up to 140 million tonnes of food and plant rubbish are produced each year in the EU, amounting to 300 kg per person – two thirds of which is edible.
...

[Frank Lee]

MMMM... dining on recovered "thrown out" food right now- tastes even better when it's free!

[larrybuck]

Unless they have changed their policy lately; how about Japan's insistence on trashing out cars over 5 years old. True, we get some low mileage recycled motor/trans parts here (from Japan), but the idea staggers me!

I'm sure it's fun to have the latest thing, but what a waste!

Even here this worship of the new model motorcyle/or car that is 1 /10th of a second
in the quarter mile than last year's beater!??!

How jaded can one get.

I'm wired far too practical !

I'm thinking all men should wear gray socks, and medium brown briefs, but that's just me!

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

Parliament pushes to slash food waste in Europe

What they don't say, is
- they are subsidizing the lot of it.
- they are often mandating this waste by requiring unnecessary short "use before" periods
- they've been stacking up milk-lakes and butter-mounts in the past
- when the EU exports more excess food to developing countries, it pushes local farmers out of the market, increasing dependence and poverty (same goes for US agricultural exports BTW)
- people get arrested and convicted for dumpster-diving, which is seen as theft

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by euromodder

What they don't say, is
- we taxpayers are subsidizing the lot of it.
- they are often mandating this waste by requiring unnecessary short "use before" periods
- they've been stacking up milk-lakes and butter-mounts in the past
- when the EU exports more excess food to developing countries, it pushes local farmers out of the market, increasing dependence and poverty (same goes for US agricultural exports BTW)
- people get arrested and convicted for dumpster-diving, which is seen as theft

Fixed.

[Piwoslaw]

The other day I walked past an office building very late on Saturday night, after midnight. Even though there wasn't anyone inside (since Friday afternoon!), the lights were on in most of the windows, and I could see through the glass doors that the escalators were going and going, carrying nothing but air between the floors all day and all night. Also, the lobby was all lit up and the fountain was on. I'm willing to bet that most of the computers were also on, and that the thermostat isn't set for different temperatures during the day, night, and weekend

On a different level, a day earlier I noticed another wastefulness. I am a blood donor - I don't get money for it, only a few bars of chocolate, but that's not why I do it - and it is hard on me when I realise how much waste is generated. All of the bandages, needles, bags, tubes, etc., are disposable, and since they are treated as medical waste, they don't get recycled. Unfortunately, even things that don't actually come into contact with blood (clothes and shoe covers, for example) also get thrown away with the medicals.

[XDotNet]

Took son to Dr the other day, his eye was swollen from allergies. He wrote a script for some magic cream. Went to pharmacy, $300 bucks. This was an out of pocket purchase so I asked the pharmicist to replace it with something that would do the same job but cheaper. He squawked..."we can't just replace a script sir, i'd have to call the doctor....pause....pause....pause....." Me: "Ok call the doctor then, get me something cheaper." the result ?

10 BUCKS!!!! 10 BUCKS for an older generic instead of $300!!! W T F ???? Why don't the drs do that in the first place? The pharmacists wasnt' happy about *HAVING* to call the Dr but so what, that's $290 bucks in my pocket....WOW!!

[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by XDotNet

Why don't the drs do that in the first place?

Because he wanted to go somewhere nice for vacation. It's no secret about how large companies sponsor doctors.