Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 25, 2012

In the UK, it has been calculated that 330 kg of food is thrown out by every household each year. This rotting food accounts for 20 million tones of carbon dioxide gas each year. To reduce food waste, there are several simple strategies that you can employ: Learn creative ways to use left-overs to make delicious and nutritious meals.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

When you are cooking a meal or serving up some food, try to put only the amount you will eat on your plate – you can refrigerate any left overs and use them for another meal! The website Love Food Hate Waste has some great ideas on how you can cut back on your food waste and save money in the process!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 24, 2014

Growing up, I remember my mom always sending me out to the composting bin with a bucket full of (what I thought was) gross bits and pieces of food waste. How to Compost. Because compost bins can attract bugs with stingers (bees, hornets and wasps), you may want to put the compost bin on the outskirts of your property.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

Many of these activities are still available today, and you can take advantage of them with your family. Go build a treehouse in the backyard or teach your kids how to bake. There are a million hacks on how to clean various surfaces in your home using them; all you have to do is research. Do you get what I mean?

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