10 Simple Ways to Reduce Food Waste (Guest Post)
How often do food items tend to whither or go bad whilst living in your fridge? Or how frequently do you search high and low for ways to keep food fresh? It should certainly not catch us off-balance if you say ‘very regularly’ as it happens to all of us. Food waste can often feel like a fact of life – but if we start paying more attention and become more mindful of what’s been served on our plates, it may save you a lot of money. And help the planet at the same time. Below listed are 10 simple ways that should help you to reduce your food waste.
1: Eat those leftovers
The foremost step is not to toss those leftovers on your plate in the trash bin. So, make sure you finish your servings completely and do not leave anything.
2: Compost
You may not realize it but food scraps are too valuable to be thrown away. Instead of discarding them, compost all those food bits from your meals – even if you do not have sufficient space for a compost heap. A list of what can and can not be safely composted can be found at www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/making_compost/
3: Grow your own
Again, you may not be aware of but a segment of our food supply wastage occurs because of spoilage during shipping. To help avoid this, you can grow food yourself. Growing on your own will enable you to trim down food miles or its wastage. Remember, you need not necessarily need a huge garden to harvest food items. In fact, it can be easily grown in containers.
4: Eat less meat
You must be wondering ‘how does eating meat relate to food waste?’ But in real, it really does! Rather than consuming grains and beans directly, we feed them to livestock. Though it’s a less efficient way, eating less meat however does help.
5: Bring your own bag
Also, whenever you go eat out, try to take some containers to bring that extra food home. Instead of wasting extra food outside, you can bring it home and eat those leftovers later. This way, you will seriously be helping to reduce the amount of food that’s wasted.
6: Don’t shop without a list
Though shopping for a week or month can be stressful, make sure you do not shop without having a proper list in your hands. Since a lot of times we tend to purchase items that never get eaten, you should take some time to plan and snap up only those items that are needed the most.
7: Try preserving
Make sure you help to preserve the food items that are stored in your pantry or fridge. To do this, you can either purchase stuff that stays fresh for longer or buy containers that help to keep them fresh for longer.
8: Keep food items visible
Food items should always be visible, particularly if you happen to push them behind of other items in the refrigerator. Avoid cluttered cabinets and fridge in order to know which items are still left to be eaten.
9: Get the most out of your produce
Here, your creativity or cooking skills need to be exploited. If there are enough vegetable or fruit scraps around the kitchen table, you can try and make a new dish out of it. This won’t only add taste to it, but will also help lessen food waste.
10: Get organized
Lastly but equally importantly, get organized as far as picking food items in concerned. Make sure that you are putting the food that is closer to spoiling near the front as well as centre. This will, furthermore, help you to remember what needs to be used and when.
Hopefully, by taking these little yet highly influential steps, it will allow you and your family to reduce food waste. After all, every step taken towards a good purpose can contribute to a better world. Happy Preserving!
About the author: Rubela is a blogger by profession. She loves writing on technology, Environment and luxury. Beside this she is a nature lover. Recently she bought a Bosch Tankless Water Heater for her house. She has been Writing for her blog DIY health where she shares her issues related to health.
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