Save food. Save money. Help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It’s a win-win-win scenario.
*A family of four spends $1,500 a year on food they don’t eat. :o
We believe in bite-sized change.
We all have good intentions. In fact, we found that 80% of households in U city have thought about food waste. With proper meal planning, food storage, and composting, you can make good on your good intentions, one bite at a time.
Meal planning.
Don’t let the good go bad. When you plan meals before you go to the store, you only buy what you need. Sound simple? It is! Helping to save the food ain’t rocket science. It just takes a little thought, time, and patience. Meal planning saves you money, reduces food waste, and is half the battle of keeping food out of landfills.
Not sure where to start? NRDC’s meal prep mate will help you plan your week around ingredients you already have—or create a grocery list to make sure you aren’t wasting money on food that ends up in the dump.
Food Storage.
Are you helping to preserve your food, or are you unknowingly sending it off to a slow death in the fridge or freezer? We get it. Food storage isn’t the most exciting thing to think about. But with proper storage, you can significantly increase food shelf life and help keep edible food out of landfills. The folks across the pond at Love Food Hate Waste have built an amazing tool for A-Z food storage. Check out their tips and tricks to help make food last.
Composting.
So you forgot about the peaches ripening in a brown bag in the corner of your kitchen. Tear! But fear not—not all hope is lost. With composting, you can give food a second life and allow it to become food once more instead of sentencing it to rot in a plastic bag in a landfill. Composting is as vital as waste and recycling services—and we have many local options in St. Louis!
