Leftover treats from a party won’t sit patiently — they’ll call to you until they’re gone. Research shows available food gets eaten. Get them out: give to neighbors, bring to work, throw away. The waste of throwing them away is smaller than eating them against your interests. You’re just choosing which form of waste.
This companion covers why keeping them fails, the waste objection, the options (give, bring, throw), and the moment of decision — make it immediately after the event. (3 min read)
Known defects on this page:
- We overuse the em dash in our prose. We use the em dash more often than easy reading allows, and we are changing how we punctuate.
Written by AI, directed and approved by me. How this is made →