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ConcernedCanuk

(13,509 posts)
6. My food waste is almost zero
Mon Oct 7, 2013, 12:22 AM
Oct 2013

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Egg shells get saved and crushed - make excellent fertilizer for gardens or lawn (calcium) - use coffee jars to save them in.

Leftovers, bones from poultry and meat get thrown in freezer, later to be boiled in crockpot soups/stews.

Small food waste like onion skins, banana peels, ends off tomatoes and such are thrown out in the garden,

off-season - are dried then saved for summer fertilizer - somewhere.

TV dinner trays (plastic) I reuse to make my OWN tv dinners from leftovers - works great!

And my own are tastier by the way.

Buy juices like 5-Alive in 2 litre containers - use small bottles for travelling, filled from the larger containers.

Reuse milk bags, as well as other bags until they are useless, get a hole in them - whatever, even reuse bread bags for freezing food.

Food that is not salvageable (like the bottom of a crockpot after 5 days) - I freeze it until garbage day -

no garbage stinks inside my home,

ever.

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Great tips thecentristword Oct 2013 #1
Very good point ahtohg Oct 2013 #2
I think that being aware of your trash stream Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #3
I use aluminum foil over and over....then I cut it up to sharpen scissors pengillian101 Oct 2013 #5
You just cut the sheet. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #7
Take reusable shopping bags to the store Starboard Tack Oct 2013 #4
My food waste is almost zero ConcernedCanuk Oct 2013 #6
I like most of the suggestions you have Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #8
I only use the heavy milk bags for the freezer, ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #11
bone meal shireen Dec 2013 #10
Good idea, on my to-do list now. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #12
Switch to a plant-based diet. athena Dec 2013 #9
My single belated contribution to the list: IrishAyes Dec 2013 #13
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