FARK.com: (7403769) Hospitals now use food waste for garden mulch. Flowers are then eventually placed on the graves of the people who actually did eat the hospital food. Yes, it's the circle of life

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		Hospitals now use food waste for garden mulch. Flowers are then eventually placed on the graves of the people who actually did eat the hospital food. Yes, it's the circle of life (usatoday.com)		14
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buzzcut73		2012-10-27 12:47:35 PM

I'd buy something like that if they scaled them down for home use and they were reasonably priced.
We end up throwing a lot of stuff out right now, mainly because we have small children that may or may not feel like eating at any given meal time.

HairBolus		2012-10-27 12:57:56 PM

Traditionally, food waste is fed to pigs.

It might not be a good idea to give hospital waste to pigs because of the wide variety of germs found in hospitals and you wouldn't want the pigs to become breeders of the drug resistant varieties.

I wonder if there are laws against such practices and whether the partially eaten meals of some patients with nasty infections are classified as hazardous waste.

Anastacya		2012-10-27 01:28:23 PM

buzzcut73: I'd buy something like that if they scaled them down for home use and they were reasonably priced.
We end up throwing a lot of stuff out right now, mainly because we have small children that may or may not feel like eating at any given meal time.

Why not start a compost heap in your back yard? It would be a great way to teach your kids about gardening and it would also eliminate the food waste issue. At that point it would become food for bacteria :P

MrEricSir		2012-10-27 02:07:42 PM

buzzcut73: I'd buy something like that if they scaled them down for home use and they were reasonably priced.

You do realize you can just throw food scraps in a pile and it becomes dirt, right? Composting ain't rocket surgery.

Aye Carumba		2012-10-27 02:31:43 PM

They'd have to feed the flowers to mice, feed the mice to cats, skin the cats for fur which are made into slippers for the patients while feeding the rest to chickens to feed to the patients before they die before you get to go full circle there subby.

StrikitRich		2012-10-27 04:46:37 PM

Have they developed MRSA resistant weeds yet?

Hand Banana		2012-10-27 05:13:45 PM

Poor flowers.

wildcardjack		2012-10-27 06:00:32 PM

Jeremy Bentham suggests that you also use the mortal remains of your patients for decoration.

tillerman35		2012-10-27 07:00:17 PM

Doctor: You're not going to win this time, Death. Live, Dammit! Live you poor sod!
Nurse: It's been an hour, Doctor- let him go!
Doctor: (*gasping for breath*) You're right. (waves fist in air) Another day, Reaper! We shall MEET AGAIN!
Nurse: I'll just take this one down to the compost heap, then, shall I?
Doctor: Right. Off he goes. He'll come back to us soon- as a daisy, or a sweet smelling nasturtium.

ryant123		2012-10-27 08:34:16 PM

wildcardjack: [upload.wikimedia.org image 180x244]

Jeremy Bentham suggests that you also use the mortal remains of your patients for decoration.

Here's a better picture of him.

sp33deeohsix.files.wordpress.com

fusillade762		2012-10-27 10:00:18 PM

HairBolus: I wonder if there are laws against such practices and whether the partially eaten meals of some patients with nasty infections are classified as hazardous waste.

Probably not.

buzzcut73		2012-10-28 12:15:24 AM

fusillade762: HairBolus: I wonder if there are laws against such practices and whether the partially eaten meals of some patients with nasty infections are classified as hazardous waste.

Probably not.

If the dehydrator heats is up past a certain point, not a problem.
That and a half eaten meal wouldn't be regulated medical waste in the first place.

/regulated medical waste =/= hazardous waste