These tortillas were from an Anglo household, reconfirming the 1st Principle of Food Waste: Where tortillas are used nearly every day, there is very little waste; where they are a specialty item, waste occurs almost as often as they are used.
These two confirmations -- more TK -- lead to a new question:
IF THE 1ST PRINCIPLE WORKS ON FOOD, DOES IT WORK ON OTHER IMPORTANT WASTES?
How about Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW)?