Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling

Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by chosenbreed on Friday August 03, 2018 @10:52AM (#17680333)

Have considered the fact that the skin is edible? Or that you could boild/roast the potatoes and then peel them by hand? If you're making fries you'll hardly notice the bit of skin at either end :-)

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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by someone454 on Friday August 03, 2018 @11:32AM (#17680687)

Raw potatoes are good too!

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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by jschwartzi on Friday August 03, 2018 @12:16PM (#17681079)

Be careful with this, as uncooked potatoes can be poisonous.

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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by logfromblammo on Friday August 03, 2018 @03:05PM (#17682672)

Solanine is not degraded much by cooking. It isn't the rawness of the potato that can be dangerous, but exposure to light, particularly when significant enough to cause greening of the skin.

Don't eat green potato skins, or sprouted eyes.

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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by maxxxxx on Friday August 03, 2018 @12:28PM (#17681212)

I like raw potatoes too but I have noticed that eating too much is hard on the stomach. Eating a few pieces is fine though.

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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by buckminster on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:30PM (#17681732)

Don't eat the green bits. They are poisonous and particularly bad if you are pregnant.

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