KFC Waste Management and Spice Bag Disposal

[ThePieMan]

In another thread I mentioned that,

I still think our best option is to dig up a landfill (Modern/Contemporary Archeology) and see if there are any remnant Kentucky Fried Chicken Spice Bags to discover... ...or maybe the Garbologists have already found some of them?

In recent times, there has been many advances in the field of ND testing of botanicals (Search) but the point here is KFC's historic, and current, practices for Store Waste Management. In recently, (search) KFC has been attempting to change some its Waste Management strategies, such as, compostable plastic bags, reusable plates, and recycling its oil...(source: www.tidyplanet.co.uk/who-we-work-with/case-studies/kfc-kentucky-fried-chicken/) which I found to be quite interesting.

So, how did KFC dispose of its, "empty" bags of spice mix, and other source ingredient packaging?

Is there anyone on this forum that can speak to this question, historically or otherwise?


TPM

[Ken_Griffiths]

In the UK the bins/skips are normally kept out the back of a store in a secure (but often accessible by climbing a fence) yard area. I’m sure the waste is collected by the normal regular bin collectors and taken to recycling plants and/or onto landfill. Well that’s what I believe happens, though I’ve never followed the trucks to actually confirm that. I’m pretty sure though the corporation do recycle some of the containers they use... I reckon years ago however, it almost all went to landfill.

[ThePieMan]

I hear ya Ken, here in China, every square foot is now covered by IR-lit cctv observation, so scaling fences is no longer an anonymous endeavour in the dark. That being said, China has a major mobile selling platform that sells, "everything" literally everything. That's where I found these photos and made a purchase decision, "for Science..." So when all the bags arrive, I'll document them, translate them, and post some photos of packaging and ingredients.

Cheers,

TPM.

[Ken_Griffiths]

That’s interesting TPM. Just for info the bag will have a use-by date on it, which is actually 180 days after it was made.

There should also an internal code number on the bag, which will be a reference to the actual store that is was used by... not that I know, or can decipher, what store those codes represent.

[ThePieMan]

Code Number = Store ID? That's interesting.

[ThePieMan]

Oct 13, 2018 12:35:26 GMT ThePieMan said:

...here in China, every square foot is now covered by IR-lit cctv observation, so scaling fences is no longer an anonymous endeavour in the dark. 

Link to Foreign Correspondent report on Big Brother... coming to a city near you...