Waste is great! Food waste is better. Why is this simple economic logic so hard to see?

Remember, waste must be defined economically, not materially

We have a terrible understanding of the word waste.

It’s a noun, a verb, and an adjective. Yet all definitions boil down to personal interpretations.

Conceptually we never really hone in on what we mean to waste something, or for something to be waste.

I argue here that waste is, at its core, defined economically.

Unwanted stuff is waste. If someone chan…