Key points:
- Fruit and vegies are a major source of food waste
- Different fruits and vegetables have different storage needs to keep them fresh for longer
- Some plastic packaging significantly reduces food waste
Food storage: How to keep your fruit and vegetables fresh and cut down on waste
I reckon this is a very timely article on cutting down on food waste:
“Each year 4.2 million tonnes of food waste goes to landfill in Australia and over half of this comes from households. Not only is this a waste of water and energy used to grow the food, but it produces methane, which is a more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2.”
Now does this not horrify you?
And there is more that should make us want to change our ways how we handle food:
“. . . . then there’s the cost to your wallet. The average household throws away around $2,000 worth of food each year, according to a 2013 survey of 1,600 Victorian households. Nearly two thirds of the food thrown away could have been eaten. . . ”
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