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What a treat. good boy! food, glorious food. we love it — maybe a bit too much, because it is often shipped around the world, which is — and this is a technical term — not good. we have grown used to year—round varieties of all fruit and veg, packaged in protective plastic to extend its life, and have long ignored the impact that has on our planet. this week, the uk government announced ambitions to grow more food more locally, but in the meantime there are those who are addressing the problem more immediately. this is silo, a restaurant in london that is on a mission to be completely ...

It does not taste like something that's been brewing for a while with some leftovers. well, with us is douglas mcmaster, owner of silo. douglas, thanks for having us. absolute pleasure. is it really possible to be totally zero waste? let's not say 100%, but it's possible to be 99.9%. what do you do with the waste that you do produce? so the inevitable 0.1% of waste that does exist, we collect it into a little container, and that is what we have named alien waste. but obviously most venues are not this efficient. food waste is such a big problem for the environment that if food waste was a coun...

Signs — how one video game is crashing through the barrier for deaf people. plus, dog does gaming — what a treat. good boy! food, glorious food. we love it — maybe a bit too much, because it is often shipped around the world, which is — and this is a technical term — not good. we have grown used to year—round varieties of all fruit and veg, packaged in protective plastic to extend its life, and have long ignored the impact that has on our planet. this week, the uk government announced ambitions to grow more food more locally, but in the meantime there are those who are addressing t...

To produce no waste. to avoid using packaging, the vegetables are delivered like this, the cleaning products are refilled into these barrels, they churn their own butter, and they mill their own flour using local grain. the furniture is upcycled too, which means these tables are made from old plastic food crates, the counter is made from old medicalfood packaging, even the lights are made from their own wine bottles. the chef's knives are made from old nitrous oxide cannisters and upcycled plastic, as are the chopping boards. and when it comes to the food, fermentation is a key process here. i...

For the taste test. this tastes lovely. that is absolutely delicious. it does not taste like something that's been brewing for a while with some leftovers. well, with us is douglas mcmaster, owner of silo. douglas, thanks for having us. absolute pleasure. is it really possible to be totally zero waste? let's not say 100%, but it's possible to be 99.9%. what do you do with the waste that you do produce? so the inevitable 0.1% of waste that does exist, we collect it into a little container, and that is what we have named alien waste. but obviously most venues are not this efficient. food waste i...