Battery cage chinchilla and foxes in fur farming, and most recently for the Asian palm civet for kopi luwak production of coffee. An early reference to battery cages appears in Milton Arndt's 1931 book, "Battery Brooding", where he reports that his cage flock was healthier and had higher egg production than his conventional flock. At this early date, battery cages already had the sloped floor that allowed eggs to roll to the front of the cage, where they were easily collected by the farmer and out of the hens' reach. Arndt also mentions the use of conveyor belts under the cages to
Food waste in the United Kingdom & Resources Action Programme" (WRAP) was created in 2000. A significant proportion of food waste is produced by the domestic household, which, in 2007, created 6,700,000 tonnes of food waste. Potatoes, bread slices and apples are respectively the most wasted foods by quantity, while salads are thrown away in the greatest proportion. A majority of wasted food is avoidable, with the rest being divided almost equally by foods which are unavoidable (e.g. tea bags) and unavoidable due to preference (e.g. bread crusts) or cooking type (e.g. potato skins). Reducing the amount of food waste has been deemed critical if the