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Bad buffet behaviour is out of control. So should we be fined for our food waste? | Emma Beddington

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65% Informative

Landlord of the Star Inn in Cornish now charges 2.40 a person for buffet 'excess leftovers' Landlord Mark Graham said that buffet behaviour was out of control.

Food waste contributes 8% to 10% of human-made greenhouse gas emissions.

Research suggests that penalising buffet waste is ineffective’.

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56

Informative language

47

Neutral language

49

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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