She’s Talking About The Numerous Problems With Food Waste And What You Can Do About It
Whoops, you have too many leftovers, and the berries in the back of your fridge went bad before you remembered to open them. Good thing it’s trash day, you think to yourself.
Do you ever wonder how much food you waste on a weekly basis? Maybe you want to make a change to this issue but are not sure where to begin.
TikTok creator Alison Mountford (@itschefalison) is sharing more about the numerous problems with food waste and what we can do about it.
If you think about how much food each household wastes globally, it’s almost impossible to picture. “There’s actually enough food grown on the planet to feed the entire population,” Alison explains, “but we waste and lose so much food that millions of people don’t have enough to eat.”
Alison describes how the majority of the food that we waste coming from our household will end up in a landfill, where it then emits methane, which directly and negatively impacts global warming.
“Not wasting as much food in your home is an amazing environmental action, it saves you money, and it also saves you time,” Alison says.
1. Make A List, Check It Twice
The first tip of Alison’s is to check what food you already have in the house before making a grocery run. Look in your refrigerator, your pantry, your cabinets, and where ever else you stock food. Then, create a list of what you actually need to buy.
This ultimately saves you time in the grocery store and prevents you from buying things that you already have ready to eat at home.
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2. Plan Out Your Meals
Take a look in your pantry and see what kind of meals you can create out of what items you have to get your money’s worth. Get creative with it! Combine some leftovers and turn them into a tasty meal. Keep an eye on things that will go bad quickly, like produce.
Either find a way to eat them sooner rather than later or find a way to preserve them so that they can still be used at a different time.
3. Get Into Composting
You might be thinking, it seems impossible not to through ANY food away. This is understandable, so if you are throwing food away on occasion, consider starting to composite it.
Alison shares in her video how her compositing process works to dry out her food scraps so that they do not end up in a landfill. “Food that is composted doesn’t release methane and is ultimately better,” Alison explains.
These tips are a great way to get started in reducing your household food waste!
@itschefalison Replying to @vampirevtubervixen I could talk about reducing food waste for dayssssss. What questions do you have? Tips to Zero Waste 101 * meal plan * start with whats already in your house tho * prioritize “aging” foods * freeze/preserve things before they’re trash * compost when you can * reinvent leftovers! #nofoodwaste #foodwastewarriors #leftovers #mealplanning #foodcycler #methaneemissions @thefoodcycler dries my scraps! ?
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