P i s t a c h i o

Great find this morning.

Sorry for the opening advert to the Tostito video [like it's even my fault], except for the partial tag line that I’m going to rip off.

That’s it — the post title.

Thanks for sending me there, Matt Jennings, terroirist and Prince of Porc. That’s what they call him for being the Boston winner of Cochon555. [Could Toronto please sign up for this? We can certainly kick some charcuterie butt.]

Can business to be smart all the time?

Calling all food-makers. Give it a shot. The markets are saying simplicity is flying off the shelves.

Additives industry, don’t know what to tell you.

Take your R&D in another direction?

Leave it to Bittman to clear things up so eloquently.

Stopping for a quick cup at the new Tim’s in my hood, I noticed their new recycle bins.

They’ve designated where cups can go and where lids can go, which I hope will go a long way toward quelling the kerfuffle. A gargantuan volume of take-out coffee cups is messing up the great progress we’re making on keeping the city’s solid waste under control.

The core issue concerns the cups’ plastic coating. Our processing can’t accommodate their slower rate of breaking down compared with other waste in their category.

Today’s Globe reports that the deadline For Tim’s conversion to a greener cup might be delayed.

Some jaw-dropper stats from the report: 

• 1 million: Estimated takeout coffee cups generated in Toronto each day
• 152,858: Number that leave the city
• 336,883: Number brought in
• 1,184,025: Net daily that end up in Toronto’s waste
• 357,575,550: Annual total
• 4,291 tonnes a year: Weight of those cups
• 715 tonnes a year: Weight of their plastic lids

Source: Report for city by Entec Consultng Ltd., obtained by The Globe and Mail