Food Waste and the Single-Person Household
Single-person households face unique problems when it comes to food waste. With the retail environment for food geared toward family-sized portions, it can be hard to avoid waste.
Single-person households face unique problems when it comes to food waste. With the retail environment for food geared toward family-sized portions, it can be hard to avoid waste.
So, what can you do with leftovers? I hope to provide some ideas and inspiration here
If you need motivation, remember why you are doing this in the first place: to reduce food waste and its associated environmental impact, to save money, and to make suppertime less stressful. Below, some other thoughts that may help.
Old habits are hard to break. So any plan to reduce food waste has to focus on changing long-standing habits, and that starts with mindfulness.
The toll exacted on our environment and climate by food waste is considerable. While we, as consumers, are not the biggest contributors to the food waste problem, we can be a significant part of the solution.