1.3 billion tons of food is wasted globally each year… Or more than 200 LBS per PERSON! (yes, you!). How many times do you overestimate how much food you can eat and end up throwing it in the compost (or jawdrop: trash!) Although it’s something we hear again and again, taking less portions is better for your waistline… AND less food for the landfill. Eating out? Split a meal with your dining partner or set aside half the meal to take home for later.
Assessing your pantry & fridge inventory BEFORE a trip to the grocery store will also save you from buying too much food and help you stick to the bare minimums.
Readers, any other tricks to eat & waste less?
There’s nothing I dread more than receiving those damn credit card offers in the mail. Such lies and false promises – Free airline tickets, magazines, chateaus, daschunds… They’ll give me ANYTHING to sign up for another express ticket on the gateway to debt.
Good news for you – You can opt out of Credit Card offers with OptOutPrescreen.com. Because of a “Fair Credit Reporting Act”, companies are allowed to give your name to credit agencies. Which results in a LOT of paper in your mailbox.
Just take a minute, visit the site, and opt out of junk mail.
One of the easiest things to do – yet so often neglected – is turning off the lights in your home. Another? Shut off the faucet when cleaning or brushing your teeth. You can save an average of 30 gallons of water while washing dishes – saving you $$ (that would instead be going down the drain…!)
