How to Prevent Food Waste

One way to celebrate Earth Day this year is to find ways to reduce food waste.

Someone recently order me because she survive alone , she naturally expects a sure amount of clams to go bad before she can use it up .

I do n’t guess that should be a natural expectation , do you ?

Food waste matter is a big trouble in this country , much more than most folks realize . I cogitate veg gardeners do a better job than others when it comes to using their love apple , peppers , pelf , herb and other bracing garden truck because we know how much work it takes to grow them .

Still , the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports “ 31 percent – or 133 billion pounds – of the 430 billion pound of the available food supplying at the retail and consumer levels in 2010 went uneaten . ” The USDA released thereport in February 2014using statistic from the most recent twelvemonth the data was useable .

Food waste is n’t only expensive and a waste of resource , it ’s an environmental outcome , too . The food that gets throw out out needs to be transported to landfills where it generates methane , a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide .

The mantra “ foreshorten , reuse and recycle ” apply as much to fresh foods as it does to other household items . In celebration of Earth Day 2015 , here are 12 tips for preventing or reducing fresh nutrient waste :

What tips do you have to reduce or prevent food waste ? Please divvy up your idea here .

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