No picture, almost no waste.
I say almost because there were a couple of tangerines that started to go bad, but I peeled them and was able to eat part of them. The rest will go in the compost bin, so there’s no landfill trash this week.
Why do I care about wasting food? Because food rotting in a landfill creates noxious gasses, plus we don’t have money to throw away.
If your reaction to this quest of reducing food waste and taking photos of rotten food is somewhere along the lines of “get a life,” I know where you’re coming from. When you’re busy with kids, working at a demanding job, taking care of an aging parent, or any of the million other things that demand attention in our busy lives, watching your food waste seems way down on the list of priorities. But let me assure you that it really doesn’t take any extra time, it mostly just takes a bit of focus and planning.
Check out Love Food, Hate Waste for some great tips on wasting less, and visit The Frugal Girl for her weekly food waste roundup. And please share YOUR tips in the Comments section.
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