The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
I started it mainly as a passion project, and to help hold myself accountable about food waste. Oddly, I think that’s the best way to grow something sustainable; online gigs often take a while to gather some steam and produce income, and if you are doing it with the main goal of earning money, it’s easy to burn out.
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
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. Composting is a great way to help your plants grow. Composting that banana peel adds the nutrients to the soil, which helps plants grow stronger, faster, and bigger.
The Frugal Girl
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Searching for information on food waste led me here. That’s easy, my mom and growing up in the PNW. (That’s part of the “life” issues.) How long reading the FG? I’m not sure exactly, but it’s been a few years. How did you get interested in saving money?
Motherhood Moments
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Clear Drop ’s growing product line is designed to clean - up the environment, processing 100% of home refuse without leaving anything for the landfill. Everyone has probably heard about the staggering numbers of unrecycled plastics and food waste, contributing to 11% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. With our ZERO TRASH!
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 4, 2013
Our consumer-driven society is one that results in a great deal of waste. From food waste to packaging to disposable items, there are a lot of resources being used by humans. This consumption of resources — and the waste it produces — is not sustainable. Nor is it healthy. You can do the same.
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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