to avoid this waste it is good to start from the beginning of history, that is, from how we make our food purchases.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousEco-spending? Yes and be careful! In times of crisis, we know, we must necessarily apply the saying “the need sharpens the ingenuity”, but sometimes it doesn't seem that things really go this way. If at the table we have decreased waste however still remains the number of tons of food we throw away is enormous.
According to Last Minute Market which has as its mission "to transform waste into a resource" and which in no uncertain terms reminds us that "The refrigerator is the guilty conscience of the consumer!" we lose on average almost a year 500 euros per family throwing them in the garbage, it really needs to be said and this is not acceptable.
Last Minute Market it also gives us some tips (real rules!) easy easy such as:
• Don't spoil your children.
• In dressing and eating the useful but not the superfluous;
• Children must eat everything on their plate.
• There must be nothing in the house to throw away.
• Pay attention to the lights in the house, they must always be turned off.
But we understand for ourselves that to avoid this waste it is good to start from the beginning of history, that is from how we do our food shopping.
The first thing to do is draw up a shopping list, detailed thinking about the place where we will go shopping, its arrangement and what we really need.
If we are not very good with food management it does not matter, a trick, in fact, can be draw up a list of dishes that we will propose during the seventh so as to facilitate the task of weekly purchases, as mentioned we need to sharpen our wits!
When there are discounts let's take them into consideration only if they are already on our list and especially we always read labels well making sure that what we are buying also has an expiry range suitable for our consumption, in short, it is useless to buy a 10 pack of yogurt if it will expire in 2 days (unless we have people at home who will consume all 10 of those jars in the span of a few days!)
But still, let's say yes to the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables, but with care: for example, we choose the fruit as our grandmothers did, making sure to take some ripe, suitable for immediate consumption, and some still a little bitter so that it can last a little longer; pthen put it in the fridge in paper bags, those of bread so to speak and not in plastic bags and cut it only if we consume it in its entirety otherwise let's always put it in containers for food in the fridge, it will last longer.
Scraps and leftovers if well reworked they can easily be transformed into another meal: the book "The kitchen with almost-zero impact" is famous, in which countless dishes cooked with leftovers are listed.Advance people'the art of recycling what is left over in the kitchen by Letizia Nucciotti or the Verdiana blog Recipes with leftovers.
In short it doesn't take a magic formula for avoid waste above all at the table a little common sense and a pinch of what a few decades ago was called "domestic economy"And then if, as the guys from Last Minute Market say," Reducing waste in everyday life is the first step from which to start contributing to the creation of an eco-efficient or, better, eco-sufficient society, and it is an advantage for everyone ”So why not leave immediately !?
Finally, before throwing, let's think about the because what we are about to throw away we have not consumed and we try not to waste again, in fact someone said wrong, you learn!
Kia - Carmela Giambrone
Read also:
- Zero waste: 5 ways to reduce food waste and save money
- Last minute market: the zero km of waste
- How to recycle leftovers: the guide to stop throwing food in the garbage
- Food waste: for FAO they could feed the whole of Africa
- Food waste: this is how the European Parliament wants to halve it by 2025
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