Freezing Food
Sometimes it’s hard to eat all your food in time before it starts going off – we’ve all been there! If this happens, simply put it in the freezer and reduce the amount of waste you produce. Most foods can be frozen and kept for up to 2 months. It’s certainly a lot cheaper than buying fresh versions of the food and tastes just fine.
- Fruit can be chopped and frozen e.g. bananas for a smoothie, tomatoes for a pasta sauce.
- Vegetables like onions, can be sliced and frozen and then used in cooking e.g. for a curry.
- Bread is easy to freeze and defrost. Simply place in the toaster for a couple of minutes and you’re good to go.
Reusable Items
Single use items are notoriously bad for the environment, but there’s loads of alternatives to common household products that you can invest in and reduce your carbon footprint.
- Bag for Life – take a reusable bag or rucksack when you go shopping instead of buying plastic carrier bags. Carrier bags are single use and take hundreds of years to decompose.
- If you use sandwich plastic bags to keep your lunch in, try this! https://keepleaf.com/collections/food-wrap They’re sold on loads of different websites so wherever you’re based, you can get your hands on one.
- Jam jars or any other glass jars are perfect to keep spices, pasta or lentils in. Simply wash them clean after using and store your own food in it.
*Top tip: buy spices in large quantities from the ethnic aisles of supermarkets and store them in these jars. - Bread packaging can be used once the bread has finished to store other food in and placed in the freezer.
Carbon Foodprints 