Quiz: Imagine this… It’s a hot summer day and you reach into the fridge for a delicious snack of fresh, cold strawberries when, all of a sudden, you notice every food waste warrior’s mortal enemy, MOLD, growing on your fresh berries! Maybe your first feeling is disgust. Instinctually, you toss the moldy berries in the…
Have you ever gone over to someone’s house and noticed they organize their fridge completely differently than you do? You might shrug this off as different quirks people have, but there are strategic ways to organize your food that can make a huge impact on decreasing your food waste, giving your food a longer shelf…
Quiz: Whether you’re an expert culinary artist or a reluctant home chef, cooking for food waste reduction is fun and delicious. Plus, consuming more parts of your food can be healthier, since many peels and seeds are packed with nutrients. With zero waste cooking, you’ll learn how to transform parts of food that are often…
Through effective shopping, storage, and cooking you can prevent most of your food waste! But, despite our best efforts, most of us end up throwing some things out. About a quarter of waste in U.S. landfills is food and all that wasted food is responsible for about 58% of methane emissions from landfills. That’s equivalent…
Quiz: Reducing food waste is not just a personal action towards decreasing your carbon footprint; there are many ways to get involved in food waste systems at the community, state, and federal levels. And taking action in your community is a critical piece of making broader change in our society and creating food systems that…
Since I have had the privilege of purchasing a home and living in a neighborhood I have chosen to give homemade Halloween treats to my neighbors. This happened for a number of reasons even before Zero Waste was a part of my vernacular. I was doing it to save money and use up what was…
I just moved across the country three times in one summer (long story), so I got lots of practice figuring out how to do a zero waste move. Here are some tips I wrote down so that I can remember to use them again for my next move. These suggestions not only helped reduce the…
1. Paper Coffee Cups Unfun fact: Most paper coffee cups are lined with a plastic called polyethelene, which makes them difficult to recycle or compost. And when they’re exposed to hot liquid for a certain amount of time, they release plastic particles, harmful ions, and heavy metals into your drink. Zero Waste Hack: Bring a…
Even if you’ve settled into a dependable zero waste routine at home, a lot of zero waste habits can be hard to keep up when you’re traveling. Here are some suggestions of what to keep in mind as you are planning a trip, packing for the trip, and actually going on the trip itself. Happy…
Being zero waste and living on a budget, thankfully, go hand-in-hand. Buying in bulk, traveling with your own container, cooking at home instead of eating out, reusing, repairing, and buying used all have the added benefit of saving money! Here are some tips to help you keep saving: In general, the best way to save…
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