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Posted Mon Apr 13 2009: from Edinburgh Scotsman: Website 'to end supermarket waste' by selling food destined for the bin http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1239640690 A SCOTTISH entrepreneur is hoping to cut down on the mountains of food waste that end up in landfill by launching a website that sells goods that are nearly out of date. Ray Conn has set up an online market place where retailers can advertise products that are soon to go out of date. The site, launched yesterday, sells products which would otherwise be thrown away at a discounted price...He said after talking to supermarket managers that he realised they were throwing away huge quantities of products that would soon go out of date. [Read more stories about: carbon emissions, climate impacts, technical cleverness] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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