What Happens to Expired Food in India?
Usually, expired food in India ends up in landfills, but some places attempt to compost or recycle it. My local grocer sometimes donates expired but safe food to animal shelters, which is a small but helpful initiative!
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In some parts of India, expired food can be used for animal feed or turned into compost. It depends on the region and local practices.
It's often just tossed out. Not many places have a systematic approach to dealing with expired food yet.
Honestly, it just gets thrown away most of the time. There's not much recycling or composting happening.
At some places, expired food might be repurposed for non-human consumption, like feeding farm animals or making biogas. My uncle runs a farm where he collects old bread from bakeries for his livestock. Works like a charm and reduces waste!
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